Renaissance

Monachii [Munich]: Typis Mariæ Magdalenæ Riedlin, 1730. First Edition. Full Leather. First Edition of an important genealogical work dedicated to Prince-Elector Charles Albert (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII), tracing the descent of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria to Charlemagne. Two volumes in one. Folio; [20], 82; 192; [12], 326, [28]pp, with a double-page engraved map of the Danube basin (signed by Georg Baptista Steinberger), allegorical frontispiece (signed by Hieronymus Sperling); engraved genealogical table (signed Joh. Christoph Steinberger), full-page coat-of-arms, the Wittelsbach genealogical tree, and two engravings (the second double-page) after medieval panels depicting Duke Arnulf the Bad. Firmly bound in contemporary sheep (boards with light wear only), the spine divided by five raised bands into six compartment richly gilt (now faded), with a vellum lettering piece titled in gilt. Magnificently printed on bright, spotless paper of very high rag content, in a handsome Roman… Read More

[IN THE LIGHT OF APOLLO: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND GREECE, vols I and II]
Ιn Greek. Two volumes. Soft cover, 23X28 cm, 1290 pp., ill., net weight 5700 gr., hundreds of color images. List price: EUR 192,00, 50% discount !
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Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1879. Limited Edition. 12mo. Limited to a thousand copies, plus twenty-five copies on china paper, six volumes translated by Antoine Le Macon, illustrated, bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, spine lettering and top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original red printed front covers bound in.. A handsome and fine set with just a sprinkling of foxing to fore-edges.

Milano: Societá Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1806. Hard Cover. viii, 230, [1] pages; 21 cm. "The long series of Italian humorous poets reaches its apex in the Florentine Francesco Berni. The active years of his life were spent chiefly in Rome, in busy secretarial service... in an environment of corruption that is reflected, in more ways than one, in his own work" --Wilkins, p. 201. The notes, largely by Anton Maria Salvini, 1653-1729, are taken from the collection entitled Opere Burlesche di M. Francesco Berni, di M. Gio. della Casa, del Varchi [etc.]..., Londra, G. Pickard, 1721-24, 2 vols. Bound in full contemporary leather; very good. Stock#OB528.

Milano, Dalla Società de Classici Italiani, 1804. Hard Cover. 380, [1] pages, 8vo. Contents: I Tre Libri De' Discorsi Sopra La Prima Deca Di Tito Livio. The Discourses on Livy are Machiavelli's fullest treatment of politics and government. Bertelli, Secolo XIX, 8.2. Bound in 1/2 leather with marbled paper boards by Dragonfly. Very good copy in a new binding. Stock#OB325.

[Paris] Isidore Liseux, 1888. Hard Cover. xxiii, [1], 216 pages; 16.5 cm. Title in red & black; text in Italian & English on facing pages; fine paper. The DBI article (29: 123-132) by P. Farenga dates the original Latin text of these proverbs to April 1454, while the author was in Milan. The Italian version, first published Venice, 1518, enjoyed great success for three centuries. The present work is a translation of the 1884 French edition, which was translated from the Italian by Alcide Bonneau. These ribald stories are still entertaining more than 500 years after their composition. Original stiff printed wrappers. A handsome gift book, unopened and uncut, in an oriental-cloth box by James DiMarcantonio, Hope Bindery & Box Co. Stock#OB377.

London: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1873. 1st Edition . Full cloth. Very Good. First edition, two volumes, octavo; xi, [i], 413, 380pp. In original uniform publisher's brown buckram with gilt and blind decoration to spines and front boards, bindings lightly worn, original endpapers, volume one title page annotated with brief biographical details of the author, light spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume otherwise clean and complete, with portrait frontispiece to volume one. Family association copy with the small ownership label of W.B. Drummond to each front pastedown. Attractive example in very good original state of this well researched study.

Military and religious life in Europe in the middle ages and the Renaissance by noted French bibliographer and author, Paul Lacroix or Bibliophile Jacob (1807-1884). Chapters include Military Orders, Charitable Orders, the Crusades, Chivalry, Heresies, the Inquisition, Graves and Funeral Rites. Profusely illustrated with 14 chromolithographs by Franz Kellerhoven, Felix Elie Regamey and E. Allard, and 410 woodcuts, many full page, in the text by Etienne Huyot and his son Jules Huyot.Bound in red buckram with intricate gilt embossing on the covers and spine, decorative black and gilt endpapers, AEG. Text in French. v, 577pp. 4pp. of publisher's advertisements. Condition: spine repaired, rear board starting, interior fresh and clean with very slight foxing. Heavy book, additional shipping charges required.

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Contracts are the most informative records we have about the nature of commissioning prestigious works of art in the Renaissance. This book provides a framework for interpreting these important documents by surveying a body of contracts and related records concerning altarpieces and frescoes painted in Italy from the early fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries.
Michelle O'Malley structures her inquiry around a trio of fundamental questions concerning the language of contracts, the ramifications of stipulations for production and finance, and the means used to transmit information, particularly visual information, between a painter and his client. At the heart of the book is an analysis of the… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. x, 441 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth. The binding generally shows moderate wear, but there is some damping at the headcap of the spine and some heavy damping at the top of the rear cover. There is also a little discoloration near the foot of the spine. The damping does not affect the interior. Top edge gilt. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean. We understand that three is a signed limited edition of this work. This is NOT a signed or limited edition.