Lyon: Antonius Vincentius for Symphorianus Barbierus, 1558.
Price: $3,800.00
Bound in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over beveled wooden boards, one clasp defective, corners bumped with minor loss to pigskin, moderates surface wear. A later (17th c.?) gold tooled stamp, “Biblioth. Schol. Altenburg” on the upper board. A tall copy, contents in good condition with some faults: title leaf separating from...
London: Willyam Seres, 1565.
Price: $25,000.00
A copy with numerous points of interest, bound in contemporary English calf (worn, rebacked preserving most of the original spine, wear with loss to the leather at three corners), the boards ruled in blind and with large central blind-stamped lozenge with vegetal motifs. The text, resewn at the time of...
Rome: apud Valerium et Ludovicum fratres Brixienses, 1552.
Price: $4,800.00
Bound in a contemporary vellum binding using a re-purposed manuscript leaf). Printed in an elegant cursive by the Brescian brothers Valerio e Luigi Dorico, fine engravers and printers active in Rome from 1538 to 1559. A very good copy bound in 18th c. vellum, red morocco label, gilt. Title page...
Lucca: Appresso Pellegrino Bidelli, 1642.
Price: $3,500.00
A large, crisp copy with deckled edges throughout, bound in near-contemporary stiff parchment over boards. Edges of text-block sprinkled. With and etched title page of the countess (accompanied by her army) and her ally Pope Gregory VII.First edition of this life of the medieval Italian noblewoman Matilda di Canossa, “la...
Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588.
Price: $9,500.00
Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked. The boards are framed by a single gold fillet. Central, wreath-like cartouches, also gilt, are stamped at the centers of both boards. The text is in very good condition, with good margins. There is, however, a bit of worming affecting the text in the first...
Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588.
Price: $18,000.00
A fine, tall copy in contemporary blind-ruled vellum, edges of the text block sprinkled red and blue. The text is in very nice condition, lightly toned, with minor blemishes (A FEW small ink stains, sm. burn hole in margin of one leaf, ss2 small rust spot, g3-5 v. light dampstain...
London: Charles Harper, 1676.
Price: $6,500.00
Bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, re-backed in the 20th c., boards ruled in compartments with decorative tools at each corner of the central panel. Slight loss at corners, extremities with signs of wear. The contents are in good condition, with all the maps and plates present. One map with mended...
