A stunning presentation copy of Kircher’s Ars Magna Sciendi Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680). Ars Magna Sciendi, In XII Libros Digesta, qua Nova & Universali Methodo Per Artificiosum Combinationum contextum de omni re proposita plurimis & prope infinitis rationibus disputari, omniumque summaria quaedam cognitio comparari potest.... Johann Jansson van Waesberghe and the Widow of Elizeus Weyerstraet, 1669. Two parts in one volume, large folio (447x282 mm). The two parts with running collation and foliation. Collation: *4, **4, A-Z4, Aa-Hh4, Kk-Zz4, Aaa-Ooo4, Ppp6. [16], 482, [10] pages. Roman and italic type. Text in two... € 46.000 share +
A Typographical Monument Aurelius Augustinus (354-430). De Civitate Dei. Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, in the house of Petrus de Maximo, 1468. Folio (400x280 mm). Collation: *8, **8, a-m10, n12, 710, cum8, rum8. 273 of [274] leaves, lacking the last blank. Complete with the other blank leaves, fols. *1, **8, and rum7. Text in one column, 46 lines. Type: 115R.... € 240.000 share +
A bibliographical puzzle Castiglione, Baldassarre (1478-1529). Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Gastiglione [sic]. Florence, Benedetto Giunti, 1531 [probably Rome, 1537]. 8° (155x96 mm). Collation: A-Z8, AA-BB8. 200 leaves. Roman and italic type. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page and on the verso of the last leaf. Blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters.... € 8.800 share +
Bartholomaeus Platina. De honesta voluptate et valetudine. Venezia, [Bernardino Benali], 25 agosto 1494.. In-4° (mm 207x152). Segnatura: [*]6, a-n8, o4. 114 carte non numerate di cui la prima bianca. Testo su una colonna di 29 linee. Carattere 110R. Spazi bianchi per iniziali con letterine guida. La prima carta di testo è... share +
A journey to the City of Truth Del Bene, Bartolomeo (b. 1514). Civitas veri sive morum... Aristotelis de moribus doctrinam, carmine et picturis complexa, et illustrata commentariis Theodori Marcilii.... Ambroise and Jérôme Drouart, 1609. Folio (343x214 mm). Collation: A4, 2A-Z4, Aa-Hh4, Ii6. [8], 258, [2] pages. Complete with fol. A4 blank. Roman, italic, and Greek type. Engraved title-page and thirty-three engraved plates by Thomas de Leu, including a... € 18.000 share +
Had the plates been published at the time they were executed, Eustachi would undoubtedly have ranked with Vesalius as a founder of modern anatomical studies — Heirs of Hippocrates Eustachi, Bartolomeo (1500/10-1574). Opuscula anatomica. Quorum numerum & argumenta auersa pagina indicabit... Venice, Vincenzo Luchino, 1563-1564. (offered with:) Idem. Tabulae Anatomicae Bartholomaei Eustachii... quas e tenebris tandem vindicatas.... Francesco Gonzaga, 1714. I. Three parts in one volume, 4° (197x137 mm). Collation: *6, 2*4, A-Z4, Aa-Ii4, Kk2, Ll-Ss4; a-h4, 2I-N4; 3A-V4, X2, α-β8, κ4. [12], 323 [i.e. 331, the eight full-page plates uncounted in the... € 75.000 share +
As book jackets do today — Paul Needham (Benali’s wrappers). Monte de la oratione. [Venice, Bernardinus Benalius (?), before June 1493]. 4° (204x145 mm). Collation: [18, 2-84]. [36] leaves. Text in one column, 32-33 lines. Type: 130G, 85G. Full-page woodcut on fol. a2v. Woodcut decorated initial on fol. a3r, Lombards throughout. Original... € 8.500 share +
The first systematic treatise on occupational diseases Ramazzini, Bernardino (1633-1714). De morbis artificum diatriba. Modena, Antonio Capponi, 1700. 8° (174x110 mm). Collation: [π]4, A-Y8, Z4. VIII, 360 pages. Complete with the half-title. Woodcut ornaments on halftitle and title-page. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary mottled calf. Spine... share +
A luxurious 'Vrelant Book of Hours' Book of Hours. Book of Hours. (Use of Rome); Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Latin. Bruges, ca. 1460-1475. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Latin. Bruges, ca. 1460-1475. 168x115 mm. 182 leaves. Complete. Quires generally of 8 leaves (except 1-26, 156, 182) with the major part of the full-page miniatures added on single sheets. Blanks: fol. 122 and the last one. Early pencilled foliation... € 180.000 share +
The Leonardo of our time — Pablo Picasso Munari, Bruno (1907-1998). Le macchine. Einaudi, 1942. 4° (283x210 mm). [32] pages. Fifteen full-page coloured plates showing 'useless machines'. Editor's illustrated cardboard, spine covered in black cloth, black-and-white author's portrait on the front pastedown. A... € 2.800 share +
A wedding account printed on blue paper Rinuccini, Camillo (1564-1649). Descrizione delle Feste fatte nelle Reali nozze de’ Serenissimo Principi di Toscana D. Cosimo de’ Medici, e Maria Maddalena Archiduchessa d’Austria. Giunta, 1608. 4° (232x158 mm). Printed on blue paper. Collation: [π]2, A-H4, I2, K-L4, M2, N-T4, V2. [4], 149 [i.e. 147, pp. 69-72 omitted], [1] pages. Complete with fol. M2 blank. Roman and italic type. Text partly printed in... € 6.800 share +
Eustachio Divini’s copy Manzini, Carlo Antonio (1599-1677). L’Occhiale all’Occhio. Dioptrica practica... Doue si tratta della Luce; della Reffratione dei Raggi; dell’Occhio; della Vista; e degli aiuti, che dare si possono à gli Occhi per vedere quasi l’impossibile.... Vittorio Benacci's Heirs, 1660. 4° (207x148 mm). Collation: ☩6 (fol. ☩3 signed ☩2), A-Z4, A-Ll4. [12], 268, [4] pages, lacking the engraved portrait of Eustachio Divini. Roman and italic type. Woodcut vignette on the title-page showing a... € 18.000 share +
Sir Joshua Reynolds' copy Malvasia, Carlo Cesare (1616-1693). Felsina Pittrice. Vite de pittori bolognesi alla Maestà Christianissima di Luigi XIIII Re di Francia e di Nauarra il Sempre Vittorioso consagrata... Diuisa in duoi tomi; con indici in fine copiosissimi. Tomo primo [-secondo]. Domenico Barbieri's Heir for Giovanni Francesco Davico, 1678. Two parts in one volume, 4° (239x168 mm). Collation: [a]-b4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Cccc4, Dddd4; [π]2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Gggg4. [16], 581, 1 of [3]; [4], 606, [2] pages. Lacking in the first... € 7.200 share +
In the deluxe original publisher’s green cloth Collodi, Carlo (1826-1890). Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino. Illustrata da E. Mazzanti. Firenze, Felice Paggi, 1883. 8° (182x120 mm). 236 pages, plus IV pages of advertisements. A portrait of Pinocchio by Enrico Mazzanti serves as the frontispiece. Sixty-one woodcuts in the text, likewise by Mazzanti. Original publisher's green cloth. On... € 70.000 share +
With the original light green wrappers, housed in an artistic binding by Sandra Varisco Collodi, Carlo (1826-1890). Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino. Illustrata da E. Mazzanti. Felice Paggi, 1883. 8° (190x122 mm). 236 pages, plus IV pages of advertisements. A portrait of Pinocchio by Enrico Mazzanti serves as the frontispiece. Sixty-one woodcuts in the text, likewise by Mazzanti. In a fine binding signed and... € 35.000 share +
If a government needs censorship, it comes from the weakness of its constitution — Cesare Beccaria Beccaria, Cesare (1734-1794). Dei delitti e delle pene.... [Livorno, Marco Coltellini for Giuseppe Aubert], 1764. 4° (197x143 mm). 104, [2] pages. Complete, including the final leaf with the errata, often lacking in recorded copies. Woodcut headpiece on fol. A2r. Contemporary vellum, over pasteboards. Smooth spine, divided into... € 35.000 share +
Beccaria, Cesare (1734-1794). Dei delitti e delle pene.... [Livorno, Marco Coltellini for Giuseppe Aubert], 1764. 4° (204x150 mm). 104 pages. Lacking the final leaf with the errata. Woodcut headpiece on fol. A2r. Contemporary vellum, over pasteboards. A very good, wide-margined copy. Minor, and sporadic foxing to the first and... € 27.000 share +
The foundation of Criminology. A dedication copy to the Italian Psychiatric Society Lombroso, Cesare (1835-1909). L’uomo delinquente studiato in rapporto alla antropologia, alla medicina legale ed alle discipline carcerarie. Ulrico Hoepli, 1876. 8° (225x160 mm). [4], 255, [1] pages. With four illustrations in the text, one of which is pasted on page 65 and reproduces the photograph that three murders made of themselves, as a memory, while miming the crime... € 9.500 share +
The only surviving copy of the very first edition Vecellio, Cesare (ca. 1521-1601). Corona delle nobili e virtuose donne. Libro primo [- secondo]. Nel quale si dimostra in varj dissegni tutte le sorti di Mostre di Punti tagliati, Punti in aria, Punti à Reticello, e d’ogni altra sorte... Opera nuova e non più data in luce. Giorgio Angelieri for Cesare Vecellio, [1591]. Two parts in one volume, oblong 4° (140x190 mm). Collation: A4, B2, C-F4, Hhh2; AA-FF4. [24]; [24] leaves. Roman and italic type. Vecellio's woodcut bird device on the title-pages. Forty-five woodcut patterns for... € 16.800 share +
Rothschild, Charlotte Baroness de (1825-1899). Italie. Souvenir d’un voyage de Nice à Génes par la Corniche. Vingt-trois de mes Dessins. Eaux-fortes. 1869. Oblong folio (435x600 mm overall; 250x430 mm platemark). Title-page printed in red and black. Twenty-three mounted etchings. Contemporary dark brown shagreen, covers double-ruled. Spine with six raised bands, title... € 12.000 share +
A tribute to the new experimental sciences Bérigard, Claude Guillermet de (ca. 1590-1663). Circulus Pisanus... De veteri et peripatetica philosophia in Aristotelis libros octo Physicorum. Quatuor de coelo. Duos de ortu & interitu. Quatuor de meteoris, & tres de anima... Opus in hac secunda editione auctius & retractatius. Paolo Frambotto, 1660 - 1661. Six parts in one volume, 4° (220x160 mm). Collation: ✢6, ✢✢4, A-H4; a4; I-Z4, Aa4, Bb6; ²a4, Cc-Xx4; ³a4, Yy-Zz4, Aaa-Xxx4; 4a2, Yyy-Zzz4, Aaaa-Bbbb4, Cccc6; 5a4, Dddd-Zzzz4, Aaaaa4, Bbbbb1 (singleton). [20], 64; 6... € 7.800 share +
Bound in painted vellum for Marquis Luigi Sylva Tolomei, Claudio (1492-1555). Il Cesano, dialogo di M. Claudio Tolomei, nel quale da più dotti huomini si disputa del nome, col quale si dee ragionevolmente chiamare la volgar lingua... (bound with:) Plato (427-ca. 347 BC). Il dialogo di Platone, intitolato il Timeo... Venice, [Orfeo Dalla Carta] for Comin da Trino, 1558. Venice, Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari & Brothers, 1555. (bound with:) Plato (427-ca. 347 BC). Il dialogo di Platone, intitolato il Timeo, overo della natura del mondo. Tradotto di lingua greca in italiano da m. SebastianoErizzo, gentil'huomo venetiano. Et dal medesimo di molte utili... share +
Outstanding copy on blue paper, from a sixteenth-century private press [Claudianus, Claudius ca. 370-404] Sanuto, Livio (ca. 1520-1576). Al reuerendissimo et illustrissimo signor il cardinal di Trento La rapina di Proserpina di Liuio. Venice, [Gabriele Giolito de’ Ferrari ?], 1551. 8° (184x118 mm). Printed on blue paper. Collation: A-H8. [64] leaves. Complete with the last blank. Roman and italic type. Numerous large woodcut decorated initials. Handsome Roman eighteenth-century red morocco,... € 38.000 share +
Claudius Galenus. Γαληνοῦ Α´-E´. Galeni Librorum pars prima-pars quinta.. Venezia, eredi di Aldo Manuzio e Andrea Torresano, aprile-agosto 1525.. Un’opera in cinque volumi in folio (mm 314-318×218-224). I. Segnatura: [*]4, Aα-Γγ8; a-e8, f4, g-l8, m4, n-o8, p10, q4, r-x8, y10, z8, &6; A-L8, M12, N8 (bianche le carte f4, &6; impresse al... share +
Claudius Ptolemaeus. La Geografia di Claudio Ptolomeo alessandrino, con alcuni comenti & aggiunte fattevi da Sebastiano munstero Alamanno. Venezia, Giovan Battista Pederzano, 1548.. In-8° (mm 166x109). 8 carte non numerate, 214 numerate, due non numerate (di cui la seconda bianca); 60 carte geografiche su doppia pagina, 64 carte non numerate. Frontespizio entro bordura silografica, alla carta 2r un... share +
A Landmark of Geographical Knowledge Ptolemaeus, Claudius (ca. 100-168). Cosmographia. Tr: Jacobus Angelus. Ed: Angelus Vadius and Barnabas Picardus. Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475. Folio (304x205 mm). Collation: aa10, bb8-1, a10, b-g8, h10, A-F8, G10. 142 of [143] leaves, lacking fol. aa1 blank. Text in one column, 39 lines. Type: 102R. Finely painted initials alternately in red or blue, the... € 420.000 share +
A fascinating mirror of Italian society at the beginning of the Seicento [Commedia dell’Arte]. Album with representations of Italian, mainly Venetian, costumes and characters. Illuminated manuscript on parchment. Italy (Venice ?), first quarter of the seventeenth century. 125-127 x 190-195 mm (oblong). [22] single leaves mounted on paper guards, compensation guards added at regular intervals. Foliation in pencil, corresponding neither to the number of leaves nor their respective position... € 38.000 share +
A very rare illustrated Libro da Compagnia Confraternity Rosary, Florence. Compagnia ovvero Confraternita del Psalterio ovvero Rosario della gloriosissima Vergine Maria. Ordinazioni, istitutioni, capitoli, regole, privilegii ed indulgentie. [Florence, Antonio di Bartolomeo Miscomini, after 4 May 1485]. 4° (250x136 mm). Collation: a12. [12] leaves. Text in one column, 25 lines. Type: 112R. Title on fol. a2r printed in red. Headings, initial letters and section marks printed in red throughout. On fol. a1v... € 24.000 share +
Ex dono Auctoris Meyer, Cornelius (1629-1701). Nuovi ritrovamenti divisi in due parti con trè Tavole in lingua Latina, Francese, & Ollandese. Parte prima. Delli ordegni per cavar pali. Armature della calamita. Del modo di levare i sassi sott’acqua, e trovar la lega dell’oro, e dell’argento... Rome, Giovanni Giacomo Komarek, 1696. (bound with:) Idem. Alla Santità di N.S. Papa Innocentio XI. Beatissimo Padre. [Rome, Giacomo Antonio de Lazzeri Varese, 1679]. (bound with:) Idem. Nuovi ritrovamenti dati in luce dall’Ingegneiro [sic] Cornelio Meyer per eccitare l’ingegno de’ virtuosi ad aumentarli, ò aggiungervi maggior perfettione... Rome, Giovanni Giacomo Komarek, 1689. (together with:) Idem. L’Arte di restituire à Roma la tralasciata Navigatione del suo Tevere. Divisa in tre parti.... Giacomo Antonio de Lazzari Varese, 1685. Two volumes containing four works, in near uniform bindings. First volume. Three works bound together, folio (411x261 mm). I. [28] unsigned leaves, including title-page with a large engraved vignette showing a dragon with... € 18.000 share +
Gabriele D'Annunzio. DOCUMENTI D'AMORE. LETTERE DI G. D'ANNUNZIO A UNA BEATRICE. Tipografia Ferrara, 1936. 252x175 mm; XVI, 16 pagine, 4 pagine non numerate. Brossura editoriale con sovraccoperta in carta lucida. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Oltre a 60 copie su carta mano, del volume furono tirati 20 esemplari «a... € 80 share +
