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Architettura Civile Del Padre D. Guarino Guarini Cherico Regolare Opera Postuma Dedicata A Sua...

Architettura Civile Del Padre D. Guarino Guarini Cherico Regolare Opera Postuma Dedicata A Sua Sacra Reale Maestà

Turin: Gianfrancesco Mairesse, 1737.

Price: $13,500.00

Bound in contemporary limp vellum. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Guarini, printed title with large woodcut device with the arms of the dedicatee Emanuele III Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia. Profusely illustrated with 79 engraved plates by Antonio Verga, Francesco Guenotto, Giovanni Fayneau, Giovanni Abbiati, and Antonio de Piene...

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Vitruvius: De architectura; Cleonides: Harmonicum introductorium [Latin]. Tr: Georgius Valla....

Vitruvius: De architectura; Cleonides: Harmonicum introductorium [Latin]. Tr: Georgius Valla. Angelus Politianus: Panepistemon; Lamia (Praelectio in Priora Aristotelis Analytica); Frontinus: De aquaeductibus

Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 3 Aug. 1497.

Price: $150,000.00

A fresh copy in late 18th c. stiff vellum, later red morocco spine label, gilt (re-cased, text re-sewn), binding lightly soiled, small chips to edge of label, later endpapers and flyleaves). Minor, very discreet repairs to the inner margin of the first leaf and quire E, some skilful restoration to...

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Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne. Ou Recueíl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux de L'Antiquité...

Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne. Ou Recueíl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux de L'Antiquité Romaine Qui Existent Encore: Dessinés Par Monsieur Barbault Peintre Ancien Pensionnaire Du Roy a Rome, Et Gravés, en 128 Planches Avec Leur Explication.

Rome: Chez Bouchard et Gravier Libraires François rüe du Cours près de Saint Marcel, de l'imprimerie de Komarek, 1761.

Price: $16,000.00

Magnificently illustrated with 73 etched and engraved plates comprising 88 half-page and 29 full-page images of ancient Roman architecture and sculpture. These were designed by Barbault (83 engravings), Carlo Nolli (1), and L. Bufalino (1) and engraved by Barbault (56), Domenico Montagù (52), Giuseppe? Bouchard (6), and Freicenet (4). The...

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Les Plus Beaux Édifices De Rome Moderne, Ou Recueíl Des Plus Belles Vües Des Principales...

Les Plus Beaux Édifices De Rome Moderne, Ou Recueíl Des Plus Belles Vües Des Principales Églises, Places, Palais, Fontaines &c. Qui Sont Dans Rome Dessinées Par Jean Barbault Peintre, Ancien Pensionnaire Du Roy a Rome, Et Gravées en XLIV. Grandes Planches et Plusieurs Vignettes; Par D’Habiles Maitres. Avec La Description Historique De Chaque Edifice.

Rome: Chez Bouchard et Gravier Libraires françois rüe du Cours près l’Eglise de S. Marcel, de l'imprimerie de Komarek, 1763.

Price: $22,000.00

This is a very fine, broad-margined copy bound in 19th c. half vellum (worn, small splits at head and foot of spine and another along the spine. The text and plates are in excellent condition with only a few instances of light marginal foxing or the occasional light blemish. One...

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The She-wolf with Romulus and Remus. Nicolas Béatrizet, attrib, Lunéville ca. 1515-...

The She-wolf with Romulus and Remus

Rome: Antonio Lafréry, 1552.

Price: $3,500.00

First state (of three.) A rich impression with wide margins, light marginal foxing and a little light soiling, extreme upper margin a little ragged. Inscribed on the pedestal: “LVPAE ROMVLVM ET REMVM VRBIS CONDITORES LACTANTIS ANTIQVVM AC AENEVM IN CAPITOLIO SIGNVM.” (Ancient bronze image of the she-wolf nursing Romulus and...

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Pianta delle Grotte Vaticane. Benedetto, Pietro Paolo Drei

Pianta delle Grotte Vaticane

[Rome:]: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, after, 1638.

Price: $3,800.00

Lettered title across top, extensive description throughout. At right dedication to Cardinal Barberini and lower right 'Romae Superior licentia Anno 1635.' At left, beneath the cartouche: “La presente Pianta ridotta nella forma che al presente si ritrova con le Quattro Capelle fatte dalla Sat m. di Urbano VIII disegata. da...

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Das neü Testament, mit gantz nutzlichen vorreden. Martin BIBLIA GERMANICA. NEW TESTAMENT....

Das neü Testament, mit gantz nutzlichen vorreden.

Augsburg: Silvan Otmar, 11 June, 1523.

Price: $125,000.00

A very early edition of Luther’s December Testament, appearing within six months of the first (Wittenberg, December 1522). With a large title woodcut by Hans Schäufelein, 25 large historiated woodcut initials (numerous repeats) with scenes of the Evangelists writing the Gospels, Paul writing the Epistles, and John writing the Book...

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Fabbriche fatte sul porto di Pesaro. Gianfrancesco Buonamici

Fabbriche fatte sul porto di Pesaro

Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe, 1754.

Price: $7,500.00

Bound in 19th c. half vellum and blue paper over boards (lightly stained.) A clean copy with wide margins printed on fine paper. Splits along the fold discreetly mended on three plates with slight discoloration and a few tiny defects. Engraved vignette on title, half-page engraving with the arms of...

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Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae primus et secundus liber. Ludouico Madrucio S.R.E. Card...

Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae primus et secundus liber. Ludouico Madrucio S.R.E. Card amplissimo dic. Baptista de Caualleriis authore

[Rome:]: no printer, no date, ca. 1574-, 1584.

Price: $16,000.00

Bound in 18th c. stiff parchment, title label with gilt lettering. A fine, wide-margined copy with beautiful, rich impressions of the plates. Title lightly soiled and with upper blank margin restored (not affecting the plate.) A few spots in the blank, inner margin of the first plate, far from the...

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Descritione della pompa funerale fatta nelle essequie del Ser.mo Sig. Cosimo de’ Medici Gran...

Descritione della pompa funerale fatta nelle essequie del Ser.mo Sig. Cosimo de’ Medici Gran Duca di Toscana nell’Alma Città di Firenze il giorno XVIJ di Maggio dell’Anno MDLXXIIII.

Florence: Giunti, 1574.

Price: $2,500.00

Title page within an architectural woodcut border containing the Medici coat-of-arms and a small view of Florence. Printer’s device at the colophon. Woodcut portrait of Cosimo de’ Medici on the verso of the title-page. Foxed. Bound in attractive 18th-century colored paper over thin boards. Extremely rare. No copies in North...

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Esequie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina al Ser. D. Cosimo II, quarto Gran Duca di...

Esequie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina al Ser. D. Cosimo II, quarto Gran Duca di Toscana il di 25 di Maggio 1621. Orazione di Giulio Strozzi recitata da lui in Venetia nell'esequie del Serenissimo D. Cosimo II…

Venice: Appresso Il [Giovanni Battista] Ciotti, 1621.

Price: $14,000.00

Bound in 20th c. boards covered with a liturgical manuscript leaf. A fine, crisp copy with a little light marginal soiling; verso of final leaf also lightly soiled. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages, a full-page portrait of Cosimo II, and 15 full-paged engraved plates. One of the engravings is...

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Urbis Romae aedificiorum illustriumquae Supersunt Reliquiae. Giovanni Antonio Dosio, Giovanni...

Urbis Romae aedificiorum illustriumquae Supersunt Reliquiae

[Florence: No place no printer], 1569.

Price: $18,000.00

A rare, complete suite of Dosio’s important views of Roman monuments. A very good set, bound in modern blind-ruled calf, with minor blemishes: Two plates (27 and 34) slightly shaved at fore-margin, four plates (38-41) with light damp-stain just entering the printed area, some other plates with staining in the...

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Die Mißgeburt eines Schweins. Albrecht Dürer

Die Mißgeburt eines Schweins.

Germany: ca. 1496.

Price: $12,000.00

A fine impression, with good clarity and strong contrasts. Slight breakdown in the delicate cuts. Trimmed within the platemark, inconspicuous paper repair to edge. Provenance: From the renowned collection of Richard Holtkott (1890-1950) (Lugt 4265). Bartsch 95, High Crown watermark (Meder 20).“The pig represented here refers to 'The Monstrous Pig...

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PASQUINO. Enea Vico, Nicolas Beatrizet, attributed artists. Antonio Lafreri, publisher

PASQUINO.

Rome: Antonio Lafreri, 1550.

Price: $3,750.00

First state. With Lafreri’s excudit: “Ant. LafrerI FormIs Romae MDL” at lower right. Watermark “Crossbow with arrow in a circle” similar to Briquet 759. A very good impression, with light surface wear and light marginal soiling. Three early stamps on the verso, two of them from the Kupferstichkabinet Berlin (Lugt...

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Esequie dell'Altezza Reale del Serenissimo Cosimo III Granduca di Toscana celebrate in Firenze...

Esequie dell'Altezza Reale del Serenissimo Cosimo III Granduca di Toscana celebrate in Firenze dall’ A.R. Del Serenissimo Gio: Gastone Granduca di Toscana descritte da Leonardo del Riccio.

Florence: nella Stamperia di S.A.R. Per li Tartini, e Franchi, 1725.

Price: $3,200.00

Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, edges of text-block sprinkled red. A very fine copy, printed on thick paper. The large, folding plate of the catafalque (51 x 35 cm.) is also in fine condition.An account of the funeral ceremonies for Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 30...

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La Sontuosa Illuminazione della Città di Torino per l'Augusto Sposalizio delle Reali Maesta' di...

La Sontuosa Illuminazione della Città di Torino per l'Augusto Sposalizio delle Reali Maesta' di Carlo Emmanuele Re di Sardegna e di Elisabetta Teresa di Lorena.

Turin: Gio. Battista Chais, 1737.

Price: $15,000.00

Bound in contemporary marbled boards, worn and soiled, rebacked in later sheep. An unusually nice copy internally, with just the slightest toning to some plates, a few spots, clean tear to center of one plate at fold (no loss), and light finger-soiling in the margins. Magnificent engraved ornamental frontispiece by...

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L' Antichità di Roma di Andrea Fulvio antiquiario romano, di nuouo con ogni diligenza corretta &...

L' Antichità di Roma di Andrea Fulvio antiquiario romano, di nuouo con ogni diligenza corretta & ampliata, con gli adornamenti di disegni de gli edificij antichi & moderni; con le aggiuntioni & annotationi di Girolamo Ferrucci Romano

Venice: Girolamo Francini, 1588.

Price: $7,800.00

Bound in 17th c. vellum (an early remboîtage, moderate soiling, ties renewed), the spine with gold ornaments, boards ruled in gold, central armorial stamps (unidentified), also gilt, to both boards, that on the upper board quite worn, that on the lower board distinct. Internally contents very good and generally fresh...

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Imperatorum et Caesarum Vitae, cum Imaginibus ad vivam effigiem expressis. Libellus auctus cum...

Imperatorum et Caesarum Vitae, cum Imaginibus ad vivam effigiem expressis. Libellus auctus cum elencho & Iconiis Consulum ab Authore. M.D. XXXIIII.

Strasbourg: Vuolphgangus Caephalaeus, 1534.

Price: $6,500.00

This volume is profusely illustrated with several hundred woodcut images, most of which are by Hans Weiditz. "The medallions of the emperors [and their families] are 268 in number, commencing with Julius Caesar and ending with Frederick III, Maximilian I and his son Philip the Fair, Charles V and Ferdinand...

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Vrbis Romae topographia B. Marliani ad Franciscvm Regem Gallorvm eivsdem vrbis liberatorem...

Vrbis Romae topographia B. Marliani ad Franciscvm Regem Gallorvm eivsdem vrbis liberatorem invictvm. Adiecta priori eiusdem auctoris topographiae editioni in hoc opere sunt. Vrbis, atque insignium in ea aedificiorum descriptiones, compluràque alia memoratu digna. Errores nonnulli sublati. Tituli, inscriptionèsque non aliter, quàm ipsis inerant marmoribus, emendatissime expressi, qui ab aliis hactenus neglecto ordine, & perperam in lucem editi inveniuntur. Cum Priuilegio Pauli . III . Pont. Max. cuius exemplum in fine libri impressum est

Rome: Valerio and Luigi Dorico, 1544.

Price: $15,000.00

This is an exceptionally large copy, with none of the usual trimming to the oversized woodcuts that illustrate the volume. It is one of the two largest copies that I have handled. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, laced through with the original rawhide sewing supports intact. The binding is entirely...

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Vrbis Romae topographia B. Marliani ad Franciscvm Regem Gallorvm eivsdem vrbis liberatorem...

Vrbis Romae topographia B. Marliani ad Franciscvm Regem Gallorvm eivsdem vrbis liberatorem invictvm. Adiecta priori eiusdem auctoris topographiae editioni in hoc opere sunt. Vrbis, atque insignium in ea aedificiorum descriptiones, compluràque alia memoratu digna. Errores nonnulli sublati. Tituli, inscriptionèsque non aliter, quàm ipsis inerant marmoribus, emendatissime expressi, qui ab aliis hactenus neglecto ordine, & perperam in lucem editi inveniuntur. Cum Priuilegio Pauli . III . Pont. Max. cuius exemplum in fine libri impressum est.

Rome: Valerio and Luigi Dorico, 1544.

Price: $18,000.00

Complete with the folding engraved map of Rome by Palatino (Frutaz 12). The often-lacking colophon leaf with the full-paged Pegasus printer’s device (Ascarelli fig. 24) is also present. This copy has features that will be of interest to the bibliographer. It has all of the points of the first issue...

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Proverbi figurati. Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1634–1718

Proverbi figurati.

Bologna: [n.p.], 1678.

Price: $16,000.00

20th c. stiff vellum. A tall copy with some mainly marginal foxing; some mended marginal tears with light discoloration, only one entering an etching, small light stain to plate 36 and 38, a few paper repairs in the gutter, far from the image. The etchings are signed and numbered in...

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Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo. Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo

[N.P, N.D.]: ca. 1774.

Price: $12,500.00

Image size (from plate mark): 121.2 x 71.1 cm. This copy is in excellent condition with no staining or discoloration where the three sheets are joined.Piranesi’s map extends the area covered by the Nolli plan as far north as the Ponte Milvio. Piranesi has made the important innovation of identifying...

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Mirabilia Urbis Romae [and associated texts]. ROME

Mirabilia Urbis Romae [and associated texts]

Rome: Marcello and Eucharius Silber, alias Franck, ca. 1509-, 1527.

Price: $26,000.00

SIX SEPARATE WORKS BOUND AS ONE. Bound in early 20th c. olive morocco (rubbed, spine lightly sunned). Very good copies internally with a few small marginal tears, light damp-staining to margins of several leaves, a little more extensive on the final three leaves but still very pale. Illustrated with 11...

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Circo agonale di Roma restituito all'antica forma con illuminazioni e macchine artificiali...

Circo agonale di Roma restituito all'antica forma con illuminazioni e macchine artificiali dall'E.mo, e R.mo Cardinale di Polignac ministro di S.M. Christianissima per celebrare il felice nascimento.

Rome: Nella Stamperia di Gio. Battista de Caporali, per andare all'Orso, 1729.

Price: $3,800.00

Bound in later carta rustica. A fine, fresh copy on crisp paper. Very faint soiling to upper margin. A large historiated initial, decorative head- and tail-pieces. With the arms of Cardinal Polignac on the title page.A very rare account of the elaborate transformation of Piazza Navona to celebrate the birth...

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Roma antica, e moderna: o sia Nuova descrizione di tutti gl' edifizj antichi, e moderni sagri, e...

Roma antica, e moderna: o sia Nuova descrizione di tutti gl' edifizj antichi, e moderni sagri, e profani della città di Roma: co' nomi degl' autori di tutte le opere di architettura, scultura, e pittura ... : Una relazione della presente corte di Roma de' suoi ministri, cogregazioni, e tribunali, e la cronologia de' re, consoli, imperadori e pontefici Romani: con duecento e piu figure in rame. Il tutto cavato dal Baronio, Bosio, Nardini, Grevio, ed altri classici autori. Tomo primo[-terzo].

Rome:, A spese di Niccola Roisecco, 1765.

Price: $5,500.00

Bound in three uniform bindings of contemporary patterned paste-paper over cartoncino boards. wear to extremities and spines. Internally this is as close to an immaculate set as I have seen, with some deckled edges preserved. The text is bright and clean throughout. The folding engravings are crisp. The three volumes are...

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