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Keene, New Hampshire, 1885. Folio.  330 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 ½ inches].  77 pp. of ruled paper  Bound in contemporary calf backed boards over marble paper; leather joints and edges worn, with loss of pieces of spine; embossed stamp and bookplate of W.H. Spalter & Co., Bookseller & Stationers, Keene, N. H. Scrapbook of late 19th century American popular music including manuscript lyrics (18 songs), pasted-in printed broadside song sheet (22 song), lyrics clipped from newspapers and laid-in (7 songs), and one manuscript lyric from torn from another ledger and laid-in. The scrapbook was formerly an account book for a "Saloon", with most of the leaves now pasted over with song sheets or erasure of accounting information overwritten by manuscript lyrics.  This might suggests that the songs may have been part of the entertainment offered to customers by the New Hampshire saloon keeper. The broadside song sheets, mostly printed by Henry J. Wehman, the song publisher in New York, measure 9 ½ x 5 ½… Read More

Hartford: Printed by E. Gleason, 1851. 8vo.  235 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches].  4 pp.   Folded as issued.  The catalogue lists 139 paintings by such Old Master luminaries at Rubens, Titan, Veronese, and Vernet, and American Masters Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, and. S. F. B. Morse.  Also included are sculptures by Canova and C. B Ives.  The collection is a mixture of European masters and American artists, including many portraits, mostly of the Wadsworth family, views of Ancient Rome, historical paintings representing American independence and American and European landscapes.  The Wadsworth Museum is one of Americas most important cultural institutions.  It was founded in 1842 and was one of the first institutions to purchase and import European art into the United States.  In addition to paintings, the Gallery hosted the Hartford Public Library and the Connecticut Historical Society and changed its name to the Wadsworth Athenaeum.

Prospect Hill, 1831. 4to. 260 x200 mm., [10 ¼ x 8 inches].  1 page, plus small portions of two other pages (folio sheet, folded), approximately 150 words. Written in ink, Moderate brown stain toward center obscuring a number of words.  Letter laid down into marginal paper supports. This letter discusses Genet's enclose Christmas gift for President Andrew Jackson (which the verso of the letter indicates to be a medallion bearing the head of Julius Caesar). Genet begs the recipient (thought to be  William L. Marcy, U.S. Senator and former Secretary of State), to give Jackson the gift, because: "no one I believe at Washington, being better than you, acquainted with my humble history in this country, as an unchangeable Republican and a zealous friend of General Jackson." Genet wished to deliver the gift to Jackson personally, but Jackson's proposed visit to Albany never materialized. The letter is significant for several reasons. It demonstrates Genet's continued involvement with the highest… Read More

Folio. 372 x 245 mm. (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches). [xii] (first leaf blank), 99 pp. Engraved title-page vignette, 15 plates, 3 of which are folding, 5 engraved head-pieces and 2 engraved tail-pieces. Bound in contemporary half calf
Bound in contemporary vellum, gilt borders on the boards, gilt spine; the arms of Pius VI (Giovanni Angelico Braschi of Cesena 1717-1799) gilt on both boards; very fresh copy, with only a few minor abrasions to the vellum binding.
Only Edition. Beautiful copy printed by Giambattista Bodoni at the Stamperia Reale in Parma. It is illustrated with 15 engravings and seven head- and tail-pieces designed by Gerli and Domenico Muzzi and engraved by Domenico Gagnoni, Girolamo Mantelli and Giuseppe Patrini, engravers who worked closely with the Bodoni's press.
Gerli's
Opuscoli, is divided into five parts, all of which are testaments to his technical and artistic skills. The first part is devoted to Gerli's… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 175.00. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 ¾ inches]. 14 pp. Removed from binding; edges of paper a bit chipped, spine secured with Japanese paper. "This society was instituted in the year 1780, in the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of keeping up the knowledge of the German language, and to preserve it in its purity." Filled with the righteousness of the victorious, Shultz echoed the call for a nationalistic spirit in American but cautioned against the loss of the German culture and language that was so important to many citizens of Pennsylvania. The Mosheimian Society was organized in 1789 by Justus Heinrich Christian Helmuth, an immigrant from Halle, Germany with the goal of creating a comprehensive education system, with an emphasis on adult literary skills in the German language and culture. Like most of its members, Benjamin Schultz was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He is most remembered as a physician and advocate… Read More

New York: John A. Gray & Green, Printers, 1867. 8vo.  240 x 160 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches].  40 pp.  Original printed wrappers, chipped at edges and a bit of the spine, lightly soiled; otherwise a good copy. Born into a family of comedic actors, Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) excelled in tragedy and gained world-wide recognition for her portrayal of famous women, included Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart, Medea and played opposite Edwin Booth in his New York performance of Macbeth.  Ristori made two tours of the United States, the first in 1866-67 and the second in 1884.  She also toured South America twice, and performed in Paris and London and other capitals of Europe.   Paolo Giacometti (1816-1882) was a lawyer turned playwright who was the author of numerous plays written for strong actresses like Ristori.  His play Marie Antonette was written expressly for her, and the premiere was in New York during her first visit to the City. .

4to. 275 x 195 mm., (10 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches). [26], 751, 17 pp. Illustrated with an engraved title-page, an engraved portrait of the author, an engraved map of the Middle East by the noted engraver and cartographer Placido Donia, 10 engravings of antique alphabets in the text. Bound in late 18th century vellum, red leather letter pieces on the spine. Text with signatures that are brown, some light foxing throughout the text.
Rare first edition of a very rare work describing 'Paradise' or the 'Garden of Eden', the place where human life was first created. The work is organized in three parts; first a discussion of etymology of the word "paradise" and how it was used by Christian scholars over the centuries. The second part is a detailed description of the Middle East both during ancient and modern time. He describes the travel, navigation, geography, and character of the people and for today's researcher this is the most important part of the book. It should be noted that information about the… Read More

Bergamo: Per Francesco Locatelli, 1766. Folio.  355 x 250 mm., [14 x 9 ¾ inches].  [2], lvii pp.  Illustrated with a full-page engraved portrait of Giovanelli, engraved title-page with ornamental border, large cartouche signed "Wagner", six engraved tailpieces and a full-page engraving on the final leaf.  Bound in contemporary Venetian paste-paper boards, decorated paper covers with the coat-of-arm of Cardinal Giovanelli on both boards; paper covers showing some rubbing at the edges and spine; strange water stain to front free endpaper but nowhere else does this light stain appear. Very nice copy printed on very good paper, with wide margins. This gratulatorio is illustrated with beautifully designed and crafted engravings from the shop of Giuseppe Wagner (1706-1780), a German artist who studied painting and engraving in Venice, Rome Paris, and London.  Wagner became part of the coterie of the most skilled engravers of the period and set up a highly regarded school of engraving in Venice in… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, Ld, 1905. 8vo.  195 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 5 inches].  235 pp.  Illustrated with a folding map of Southern Italy and a few illustrations in the text.  Original green publisher's cloth,  title and decoration in gilt on cover; title and author on spine; spine somewhat faded, otherwise a nice copy in sound condition. "New and Cheaper Edition/Illustrated", originally published by Chapman and Hall in 1901.  Beginning in Naples, Gissings account records his travels south to the toe of Italy and across the Strait of Messina on his way to Palermo.  Organized in eighteen chapters, Gissing text brims with an enthusiasm for the countryside and the ancient architecture of the place.  He is especially taken with the stark landscape that is juxtaposed with the blue water and sky of the Mediterranean and Ionian Seas.   But, as only the English are capable, Gissing evocative text is accented with the paternalistic view, which characterizes many of the Italians he met as clumsy,… Read More

Amsterdam: Lecturis, 2019. Oblong 4to.  240 x 290 mm., [9 ½ x 11 ½ inches].  10 pp. text, 60 photographic illustrations.  Original boards, photo illustrated cover.  A photographic slice of life, of a small, intimate café in Gloucester, Massachusetts, that almost disappeared with the passage of generations.  Goldberg's photos capture the ordinary and sometime mundane activity of the café's life and the people who frequent it with their families and pisani.  "They are indeed intimate images; candid portraits of my Sicilian American neighbors and their culture.  But they are also about the city of Gloucester and the American experience early in the twenty-first century."  Frank Viviano writes a heart felt appreciation of the people who saved this piece of Gloucester culture.

Boston: Temperance Press, Ford & Damrell, 1833. 8vo.  213 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches].  79, [1] pp.  Stitched as issued, wanting printed wrappers; Title-page and final leaf lightly soiled, otherwise a good copy. First Edition.  The evils of the lottery system are explained, both from a historical point of view, and from the point of view of gamblers who become debtors, unable to support their family and maintain employment.  "It is incumbent upon us, on this occasion, to expose, so far as we are able, some of the frauds practiced by ticket-dealers. . .: American Imprints, 19071.

Paris: Deloges, Libraire, 1861. 8vo.  230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches].  64 pp.  Illustrated with 1 color lithographic plates.  Bound in original terra cotta printed paper wrappers; showing some minor wear but otherwise a very good copy. First edition.  First in a series of manuals written and sometimes published by Goupil for the artist and student of art learning the best practice of oil painting, sculpture, photography, and even art restoration.  This work is devoted to painting with water color and washes.  In it Goupil focuses on the various techniques for creating proper colors, followed by methods of applying color to various media.  The table of contents listing chapter on techniques and lessons for drawing, tools required for drawing and painting, choice of art papers for the proper reception of ink and color, methoda for making color, the use of color of portraits, animals, flowers and fruits, and more.  The colored lithographic frontispiece is entitled, "Thèorie de la Couleur".… Read More

New York: William Gowans, 1852. 8vo. lxxv, 3, x, 105 pp. plus a 1p. list of the works of Allan Ramsay, 24 pp. Catalogue of Scottish Poets, and 4pp. list of books published by William Gowans. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of Ramsey by H. B. Hall after a drawing by the poet's son Allan Ramsay. Bound in original green ribbed cloth, decorated with Gowans' printers mark of a Carrier Pigeon in gilt on the upper board and in blind on the lower board. Bright and clean copy. Allan Ramsay's The Gentle Sheperd was originally published in 1725 went through numerous editions during the 18th century and reached icon stature as a symbol of the rustic Scottish countryside and pastoral life. In this edition Gowans used the standard text first printed in 1728 by Thomas Ruddiman and adopted by Andrew Foulis for his edition of 1788. In the "Preface" Gowans provides a short publishing history of Ramsay's work and carefully considers the additions that publishers contributed to the… Read More

Washington, New Haven, & Vatican City: Library of Congress, Yale University Press, & Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1993. Folio.  300 x 220 mm., [12 x 9 inches].  xxvi, 323, [2] pp.  Illustrated throughout with color images.  Bound in white linen cloth, dust jacket.  Near fine copy. "This extraordinarily beautiful book, which contains over 200 color illustrations, introduces the reader to the Vatican Library and examines in particular its development during the Renaissance.  Distinguished scholars discuss the Library's holdings and the historical circumstances of its growth, presenting a fascinating cast of characters -- popes, artists, collectors, scholars, and scientists -- who influenced how the Library evolved" (dust jacket blurb).

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Comoany, 2011. 8vo.  245 x 165 mm., [9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches].  [10], 356 pp.  Illustrated throughout with plates and text images.  Cloth, dust jacket. National Book Award winner Stephen Greenblatt, pitches a story that combines the evolution of modern thought with the creative energy unleashed in Italy during the blossoming years of the Renaissance.  " The Swerve reveals a key moment in the history of man -- the precise moment when 'humanism' in its first sense, the quest for the grammar of our ancestors, becomes 'humanism' in our sense, the quest for meaning in our pleasures.. . . This is truly the book that puts the epic in Epicurean."  Adam Gopnik.

Providence: Sidney S. Rider & Brothers, 1867. 8vo.  240 x 175 mm., [9 1/2 x 7 inches].  14 ff., printed recto only.  Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by N(athan) Orr & Co., after designs by Augustus Hoppin.  Red publisher's cloth, gilt title and narrative design on upper board and in blind on the lower board; cloth faded to a muddy brown, head and tail of spine chipped, joints rubbed, corners and edges with some loss of cloth; text block clean; binding tight.Only edition of Albert G. Greene's poem on the legacy of an old man's life.  Greene was a Providence  lawyer, educated at Brown, who rose in the ranks of the legal profession to become Judge of the Municipal Courts.  He was a founder of the Providence Athenaeum  and President of the Rhode Island Historical Society.  Greene amassed a large collection of American poetry, which became the basis of the Harris Collection, now at Brown University.  The text of each verse is set with wood engraved border designed by the Providence… Read More

Philadelphia: Carey and Co, 1787. 12mo.  165 x 100 mm., [ 6 ½ x 4 inches].  viii, 123 pp.  Contemporary brown calf, joints cracked and reinforced with expert tissue repair; paper stock brown with age, three leaves with expert repair to tears, edges a bit fragile, yet a sound and attractive copy.  Ownership inscription of Joseph Mathew Liber. `"First American edition of this popular textbook. . . The present edition is copied from the English version, first published in London about 1710, with the title The London Vocabulary." "The woodcuts on the title-page depicts Philadelphia on the left-hand side and London on the right.  In the text there are 25 very crude woodcuts.  First American edition of this popular textbook." Evans, American Bibliography 20398.  Sabin , Dictionary of Books Relating to America, 28690 "school book with poor woodcuts".  Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books, 177.  Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 116.  (570).

Milano: Dalla Tipografia del D. Giulio Ferrario, 1823. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches].  xii, 13-123 [1] pp.  Original blue paper printed wrappers; title in ink on spine; spine split at top and bottom of joint; edges folded, but a good copy in original condition. The second edition considerably enlarged, originally published in Milan in 1822, with a text of 24 pages.  A scarce wine publication, which discusses the use of a mechanical process to produce aquavita, an archaic term used to refer to wine, the water of life.  Part history, part philosophy, and part viniculture, Grisetti describes the evolution of wine making and provides a new method which uses modern techniques and equipment to produce wines worthy of the "aquavita" made in Rome centuries earlier.  Some focus on the best vines grown in Piedmont.  Most of the text is a  step by step methods for wine production. Not cited in NUC.  OCLC citing copies at UC Davis and California State at Fresno and for the 1822 edition one copy… Read More

Janesville, Wis.: Wm. M. Doty and Brothers, Printers, 1856. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., (8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches). [xii], 350 pp. Illustrated with four full-page woodcuts and one advertisement, all printed on colored paper stock. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt title and symbol of plow and wheat on spine, boards decorated in blind; head and tail of spine frayed, paper stock light aged brown; sound and attractive copy. First edition. Published eight years after Wisconsin was admitted to the Union, this history of Rock County begins with a general description of the state, its constitution, educational system, population, and a discussion of its agricultural economy, geology, and mineral deposits. It continues with a detail study of the numerous counties in the state, with a focus on the farmers who contributed to the economy of each. This includes descriptions of the natural resources that impact on the farms, saw mills, woolen mills, iron works, marble works, etc., that have developed in… Read More

Naples: Electa, for the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, 2016. 8vo.  240 x 170 mm., [9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches].  136 pp.  Illustrated throughout with color plates.  Pictorial wrappers. Guide to the collectioins on Herculaneum, the Egyptian Collection, Mosaic Collections, Greek culture in the Bay of Naples and more.