The first book with a title-page Regiomontanus, Johannes (1436-1476). Kalendarium. Bernhard Maler, Peter Loeslein and Erhard Ratdolt, 1476. 4° (270x203 mm). Collation: [18, 210, 314]. [32] leaves. Text in one column, 37 lines. Type: 109R, 50G (for a few words and the letters in the plates). Title-page printed in red and black, within three-sided woodcut... € 95.000 share +
A fortune-telling book, for learned readers Sturm, Johannes (1559-1650). De accurata circuli dimensione et quadratura, cum sylvula epigrammatum aenigmatum... Leuven, François Simon, 1633. (bound with:) Idem. Ludus fortunae, ad recreandam societatem Latinis versibus omnibus in contrario sensu Retrogradis exhibitus, & in tres Libros distributus.... François Simon, 1635 [but 1633]. Two works in one volume, 4° (197x154 mm). I. Collation: ):(4, ):( ):(4, ):( ):( ):(4, A-I4. [24], 72 pages. Roman and Italic type. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page, with the motto 'REBUS IN HUMANIS FORTUNA... € 2.200 share +
Origins of the Pilgrim Press, three years before the Mayflower Voyage [Pilgrim Press]. Dod, John (ca. 1549-1645) [and Cleaver, Robert (fl. 16th-17th century)]. A plaine and familiar exposition of the tenne commandements. With a methodicall short catechime, containing briefly all the principall grounds of Christian religion. According to the last corrected and inlarged copie by the authour, Mr. Iohn Dod. To which is now prefixed three profitable tables. [Leyden, William Brewster], 1617. 4° (200x150 mm). Collation: A4, a4, B-Z4, Aa-Kk4, Ll2, 2Ll2, Mm2 (Gg1 signed H; Mm2v blank). Complete (with a total of 144 leaves). [xvi], 260 (numerous misnumberings, the pagination as follows: pp. 1-56,... € 75.000 share +
Lactantius. L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarum institutionum libri septem.(Legato con:) Tertullianus. Q. Septimii Florentis Tertulliani Apologetocus adversus gentes. Venezia, Aldo Manuzio e Andrea Torresano, aprile 1515 . Due opere in un volume in-8° (166x99 mm). [32], 348 pp.; [8], 48 pp. Impresa aldina incisa su legno a entrambi i frontespizi. Legatura coeva bolognese in pelle marrone su piatti in cartone, piatti riccamente ornati da ferri a... share +
Alberti, Leandro (1479-1552). Descrittione di tutta Italia... nella quale si contiene il sito di essa, l’origine, & le signorie delle città , & delle castella, co i nomi antichi e moderni... Et piu gli huomini famosi che l’hanno illustrata, i monti, i laghi, i fiumi.... Anselmo Giaccarelli, January 1550. Two parts in one volume, folio (287x193 mm). Collation: [π]4, A8, B-Ζ6, Aa-Zz6, AAA-ZZZ6, AAAA-IIII6; a-d6, e4. [4], VII (lacking blank A8), 9-469 (lacking fol. IIII6 blank), [28] leaves. Roman and italic... € 3.800 share +
A fine association copy of the earliest work to contain a bibliographical entry devoted to Galileo Allacci, Leone (ca. 1586-1669). Apes Urbanae sive de viris illustribus, qui ab anno MDCXXX per totum MDCXXXII Romae abfuerunt, ac typis aliquid euulgarunt. Grignani Lodovico [Lodovico Grignani], 1633. 8° (176x115 mm). Collation: A-R8, [χ]2. 276 pages. Roman and italic type. Large engraved vignette with the Barberini coat of arms on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary... € 5.800 share +
Leone Ambrogio. De Nola. Opusculum. Distinctum Plenum Clarum Doctum Pulcrum Verum Grave Varium et Utile. Venezia, Giovanni Rosso, 4 settembre 1514. In-folio (mm 315x217). Segnatura: a-i6, k4, A-B4. 58 carte con numerazione romana, 8 carte non numerate. La carta b5 stampata solo al verso. Carattere rotondo. Illustrato da quattro tavo- le fuori testo incise su rame da Girolamo... share +
Lewis Carroll. The Hunting of the Snark. London, Macmillan and Co., 1876. In-8° (mm 184x123). 11 pagine con numerazione romana, due pagine non numerate contenente l’indice, 83 pagine, tre pagine non numerate contenenti note tipografiche e pubblicità editoriale. Anteporta e nove... share +
Tutto ricorretto, et di nuove figure adornato. Valgrisi Furioso, in a precious Islamic-style Venetian binding Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533). Orlando furioso di M. Lodovico Ariosto, tutto ricorretto, et di nuoue figure adornato. Con le Annotationi, gli Auuertimenti, & le Dichiarationi di Ieronimo Ruscelli. La Vita dell’Autore, descritta dal Signor Giouan Battista Pigna... Di nuouo aggiuntoui Li Cinque Canti.... Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1568. Two parts in one volume, 4° (259 x 182 mm). Collation: *8, A-Z8, a-u8 (fol. X2 signed Y2). [16], 654, [34] pages. Italic and Roman type, the cantos printed in two columns. On fols. n3v-n4r the running title of... € 180.000 share +
Orlando printed on blue paper Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533). Orlando furioso... nouißimamente alla sua integrita ridotto & ornato di varie figure. Con alcune stanze del S. Aluigi Gonzaga in lode del medesimo. Aggiuntoui per ciascun Canto alcune allegorie, & nel fine una breue espositione et tauola di tutto quello che nell’opera si contiene... Venice, Gabriele Giolito de’ Ferrari, 1546. [together with:] Dolce, Lodovico (1508-1568). L’Espositione di tutti i vocaboli, et luoghi difficili, che nel Libro si trouano; Con una brieue Dimostratione di molte comparationi & sentenze dell’Ariosto in diuersi auttori imitate. Raccolte da M. Lodouico Dolce.... Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, 1547. Two parts in one volume, 4° (215x149 mm). Printed on blue paper. Collation: A-Z8, AA-KK8; *8,**8, ***8, ****6. 264; [30] leaves. The second part bearing on its separate title-page the imprint date '1547'. Roman and... € 22.000 share +
The crabbed Latin of the German Dominican is transformed into elegant Italian dialogues — F. A. Yates — Dolce, Lodovico (1508-1568). Dialogo... Nel quale si ragiona del modo di accrescere et conseruar la memoria.... Giovanni Battista & Melchiorre Sessa, 1562. 8° (152x104 mm). Collation: *4, A-P8. [4], 119, [1] leaves. Roman and italic type. The first word of the title 'Dialogo' is set within a woodcut decorated cartouche. Sessa Pegasus device on the... € 4.800 share +
The prince as a civic hero and a condottiero, on blue paper Capelloni, Lorenzo (1510-1590). Vita del Prencipe Andrea Doria... Con un compendio della medesima Vita.... Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, 1565. 4° (226x160 mm). Printed on blue paper. Collation: *8, **6, A-M8. [28], 188, [4] pages. Complete with the last blank. Roman and italic type. Woodcut printer's devices on the title-page and on the verso of fol. M7.... € 18.000 share +
Blue paper used by a Milanese printer Davidico, Lorenzo (1513-1574). Columba animae... Quae in hoc opere continentur. De Columba animae in Deo proficientis, De congrua gratioris nominis electione, De mira summi Pontificis dignitate. Vincenzo Girardoni, 1562. 4° (252x182 mm). Printed on blue paper. Collation: A-N4. [2], 50 leaves. Roman and italic type. Woodcut arms of Pope Pius IV on the title-page. Woodcut vignettes on fols. A1v, F2r, and I4v. Numerous woodcut animated... € 9.500 share +
On one of the most famous Egyptian artifacts Pignoria, Lorenzo (1571-1631). Mensa Isiaca, qua sacrorum apud Aegyptios ratio & simulacra subjectis tabulis aeneis simul exhibentur & explicantur. Accessit ejusdem authoris de Magna Deum matre discursus, & sigillorum, gemmarum, amuletorum aliquot figurae & earundem ex Kirchero Chisletioque interpretatio. Nec non Jacobi Philippi Tomasini Manus Aenea, & de vita rebusque Pignorij dissertatio. Andreas Fries, 1669. Two parts in one volume, 4° (238x187 mm). Collation: *4, **1, A-N4, O2; [π]4, [a]-[n]4. [10], 96, [12]; [8], 96 [i.e. 94] pages. Roman and italic type. Extra engraved title-page, executed by A.... € 2.200 share +
Lorenzo Spirito. Libro de la Ventura. Bologna, [Caligola Bazalieri, 1496-1500]. In-folio (mm 315x200). Segnatura: A8, B12, C8, D-E6, F4. 44 carte numerate II-XXXXIIII. Impresso con i caratteri tondi di Caligola Bazalieri adoperati anche per l'edizione della Regula di San Girolamo (Bologna, 28 marzo 1498). Al... share +
The only known copy Spirito, Lorenzo (ca. 1425-1496). Libro de la Ventura. [Bologna, Caligola de Bazaleriis, 1498-1500]. Folio (310x250 mm). Collation: A8, B12, C8, D-E6, F4. XXXXIIII leaves (frequent misnumbering). Text on fols. C5r-F4v in two columns, 44 lines. Type: 140G (title), 1:116R (text). Elaborate full-page woodcut on fol. A2r,... € 95.000 share +
The Renaissance fortune-telling book goes baroque [Stefano della Bella, after]. Spirito, Lorenzo (ca. 1425-1496). Libro della Ventura. Manuscript drawn and calligraphed in brown ink, in Italian. Italy (possibly Florence?) ca. 1650. 295x284 mm. I + 48 + I leaves. Complete. Six quires. Collation: 110, 26-1, 36, 44, 510, 616-3. Beautiful allegorical title leaf, surrounded by a cornucopia in the form of a garland, with richly festooned garlands draped... € 125.000 share +
Pulci, Luca (1431-1470). Epistole di Luca de Pulci al magnifico lorenzo de medici. Manfredo Bonelli, 21 October 1505. 8° (147x97 mm). Collation: A-K4. [40] leaves. Gothic and roman type. Title-page within a woodcut four-piece border (first used by Bonelli for the Aesopus moralisatus of 1491). Modern gilt-tooled vellum over pasteboards,... € 3.200 share +
Finely bound for Antoine-Augustin Renouard Lucianus Samosatensis (125–182). Opera Graece et Latine ad editionem Tiberii Hemsterhusii et Ioannis Frederici Reitzii accurate expressa cum varietate et annotationibus.... Societas Bipontina, 1789 - 1793. A set of ten volumes, large 8° (210x117 mm). I. [4], CXVI, 492 pages. II. [4], 552 pages. III. [4], 596 pages. IV. [4], 603, [1] pages. V. [4], 604 pages. VI. [4], 605, [3] pages. VII. [4], 583, [1] pages. VIII. [4],... € 12.500 share +
A Masterpiece of Venetian Woodcut (Benedetto Bordone). Lucianus Samosatensis (125–after 180 BC). Vera historia. Tr: Lilius (Tifernas) Castellanus. Add: De asino aureo; Philosophorum vitae; Scipio; Tyrannus; Scaphidium (Dialogus de funerali pompa); Palinurus; Charon; Diogenes; Terpsion; Hercules; Virtus dea; In amorem; Timon; Sermo de calumnia; Laus muscae. Ed: Benedictus Bordonus; Maephus Vegius: De Felicitate et miseria. Simon Bevilaqua, for Benedetto Bordone, 25 August 1494. 4° (216x155 mm). Collation: a8, b4, c-g8, h4, i-p8. [112] leaves. Text in one column, 29 lines. Type: 5:110R. White on-black woodcut candelabra border on fol. a2r, by Benedetto Bordone. Blank spaces for... € 12.000 share +
The Painted Page Lucianus Samosatensis (ca. 125-after 180). Διάλογοι. Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496. Folio (330x235 mm). Collation: Α-Β8, α-ω8, αα-ηη8. 262 of [264] leaves, lacking the first and last blanks. Text in one column, 41-44 lines. Type: 5:IIIGk. Blank spaces for capitals, with... € 125.000 share +
The Aldine Lucianus, bound by the Mendoza Binder Lucianus Samosatensis (125–182). Opuscula Erasmo Roterodamo interprete. Aldo Manuzio's heirs and Andrea Torresano, May 1516. 8° (165x93 mm). Collation: a-z8, aa-ff8, gg6. 236 (misnumbered 136), [2] leaves. Italic and roman type. Woodcut Aldine device on the title-page and on the verso of the last leaf. Blank spaces for capitals,... € 48.000 share +
A handsome French painted entrelac binding, from Benedetto Varchi’s library Alamanni, Luigi (1495-1556). La coltivatione... al christianissimo re Francesco Primo. Robert Estienne, 1546. 4° (209x136 mm). Collation: a-t8, u-x2, *2. [158] leaves. In this copy fols. *1-*2 bearing the dedicatory epistle to 'Madama la Dalphina' are bound after fols. x1 and x2, consisting of the privilege of François... € 38.000 share +
The true porchetta Nardi, Luigi (1777-1837). Porcus troianus o sia la porchetta. Cicalata ne le nozze di messer Carlo Ridolfi veronese con madonna Rosa Spina riminese. Nobili Press, 1821. 8° (209x144 mm). [2], XVI, 134, [2 blanks] pages. Contemporary wrappers, small losses to the spine. A fine, uncut copy. € 800 share +
A late first edition of a lascivious Cantare Carnacialesco, printed on blue paper Pulci, Luigi (1432-1484). Tractato del Prete cole Monache. Tipografia Crapelet, 1840. Large 8° (210x135 mm). Printed on blue paper. [8] leaves. Set in gothic type. Large woodcut vignette on the title-page depicting the encounter between a priest and three nuns. Two woodcut decorated initials, on... € 1.800 share +
The Little Red Book, in the rare paper wrappers Mao Zedong (1893-1976). Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu [Quotations of Chairman Mao. In Chinese]. Shenyang, Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, December 1963. 12° (126x91 mm). [6], 351, [1] pages. Text organized into five divisions, sixteen chapters, and sixty-four sections. Publisher's cream-colour wrappers, red-lettered upper wrapper and spine. A good copy, cover stained,... € 19.000 share +
On Sailors’ education Scotti, Marcello Eusebio (1742-1800). Catechismo Nautico o vero de’ particolari doveri della gente marittima. Tratti principalmente dalla S. Bibbia, e dalle massime fondamentali della Religione... Parte prima. Doveri in generale di tutti gli abitatori delle Città marittime. Di Simone, 1788. 8° (182x110 mm). XLIV, 281, [3] pages. Complete with the last blank leaf. Contemporary vellum, over pasteboards. Smooth spine, title and imprint on double morocco lettering-piece. Covers and spine somewhat worn and... € 2.500 share +
The correct eyebrow length Olmo, Marco Antonio (fl. 16th-17th century). Physiologia Barbae Humanae. In tres sectiones divisa, hoc est de fine illius philosophico, & medico. Giovanni Battista Bellagamba, 1601. Folio (286x198 mm). Collation: †4, ††6, A-I4, L-Y4, Z1 (singleton), Aa-Rr4, Ss2. [20], 1-72, 81-317, [1] pages. The book is complete: quire K omitted by the printer. Roman and italic type.... € 6.000 share +
Rare example of a Neapolitan 'speaking-binding' with lettering on the lower cover Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius Coccius (1436-1506). Rapsodiae historiarum Enneadum... ab orbe condito pars prima (-posterior) quinque complectens Enneades. Josse Bade for Jean Petit, 5 January 1513 – 1 March 1516. Two volumes, folio (321x205 mm). Collation: I. ã12, ê10, a-z8, A-Z8, &8, cum8, rum10. [22], CCCXCIIII leaves. II. ãã10, ê8, aa-qq8, rr10, ss-zz8, AA-VV8, XX10. [18], CCCLV [i.e. CCCLVI]... € 32.000 share +
Navigating Venetian painting Boschini, Marco (1613-1678). La carta del nauegar pitoresco dialogo tra un Senator venetian deletante, e un professor de Pitura, soto nome d’Ecelenza, e de Compare. Compartì in oto venti Con i quali la Naue venetiana vien conduta in l’alto Mar dela Pitura, come assoluta dominante de quelo a confusion de chi non intende el bossolo dela calamita.... Francesco Baba, 1660. 4° (203x150 mm). Collation: [π]4, a-b4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Qqqq4, Rrrr6. [24], 680 [i.e. 682; pages 638-639 repeated in numbering], [10] pages. Roman and italic type. Allegorical frontispiece,... € 6.500 share +
