Los Angeles: UCLA Library, n.d. small 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. 25 pages. Reproduced from typescript. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE AHMANSON-MURPHY ALDINE COLLECTION
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 69316
Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 1998. small 4to. cloth. (iv), 415 pages. One more descriptive catalogue for the Aldine quincentenary. Covers soiled, else a near fine copy. Only the UCLA collection surpasses the physical scope of this one. Contains 33 pages of plates depicting bindings, inscriptions, and shelf marks. A total of 526 entries. Illustrated. READ MORE about ALDINE PRESS BOOKS AT THE HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT...
Price: $92.00 Order nr. 55426
Philadelphia: Julius H. Greenstone, 1909. 8vo. library buckram, leather spine label. xviii, 417 pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Exlibrary punch on title page. Spine faded, else very good. Textblock lightly toned. Study of the Soncino and Bomberg families and later printers. Well illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about MAKERS OF HEBREW BOOKS IN ITALY, BEING CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE HEBREW PRINTING PRESS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 78111
Firenze: Tipografia Barbera, 1927. small 4to. original orange paper-covered boards, paper spine label, printed parchment dust jacket. xv, 357, (3) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell on front pastedown. Printed parchment dust jacket has been repaired along top corner of front, rear, and spine with newer paper. Minor tears to edges of jacket. Front and rear hinges cracked, but sound. Bumped corners. Minor shelfwear. A bibliography of the printed books..... READ MORE about COMPENDIOSA BIBLIOGRAFIA DI EDIZIONI BODONIANE
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 58378
(Mansfield Centre: Maurizio Martino Publisher, n.d. but circa 1994). small 4to. cloth. xv, 357, (3) pages. Reprint of the very scarce first edition published in Firenze by Tipografia Barbera in 1927. A fine copy. A bibliography of the printed books of this famous Italian printer-publisher. Complete collations given and 69 plates. READ MORE about COMPENDIOSA BIBLIOGRAFIA DI EDIZIONI BODONIANE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 53436
(Rome): Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 329+(1) pages. Text in Italian, with articles in French, German, and English. Volume II, Transmission of Printed Texts in the Modern Era. 2nd International Seminar, Rome and Viterbo, June 1985. No XLIV in the Lessico Intellettuale Europeo series. Scholarly articles on publishing and bibliographical studies. Table of contents, list of contributors. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about TRASMISSIONE DEI TESTI A STAMPA NEL PERIODO MODERNO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115358
(Rome): Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 205,(3) pages. Text in Italian, with articles in French, German, and English. Volume I, Transmission of Printed Texts in the Modern Era. 1st International Seminar, Rome and Viterbo, June 1985. No XXXVI in the Lessico Intellettuale Europeo series. Scholarly articles on publishing and bibliographical studies. Table of contents, list of contributors. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about TRASMISSIONE DEI TESTI A STAMPA NEL PERIODO MODERNO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115359
(Rome): n.p., 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages. Introduction in English and Italian by Francis Haskell. Exhibition catalogue of books, documents and bindings concerning this Italian publisher. Wrappers rubbed at the edges, tail of spine and bottom front corner bumped. READ MORE about EDIZIONI DELL'ELEFANTE AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND BINDINGS ARANGED FOR THE...
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 104545
Modeno: S.T.E.M.-Mucchi, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxii, 435, (2) pages. First edition. A Catalogue giving descriptions of all works published by A.F. Formiggini between 1908 and 1938. Illustrated with four leaves of title pages reproductions. With an introduction by the authors. Includes bibliographical references and an index. All in Italian. READ MORE about ANNALI DELLE EDIZIONI FORMIGGINI (1908-1938
Price: $36.00 Order nr. 61740
Six volumes.
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell (vols. IV-VI give "A. Strahan and T. Cadell"), 1788-1789. 4to. Contemporary polished calf, expertly rebacked with original spines laid down, covers with triple gilt borders, spine bands ruled in gilt and decoratively tooled and letterd in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endsheets. Frontispiece, vi, (xiv), 704; (x), 640; (x), 640; (ii), viii, (viii), 620; (x), 684; (xii), 646, (52) pages, with one additional..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Price: $4,500.00 Order nr. 141506
THE CLASSICS THAT HAVE MADE ITALY: A NEW BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITALIAN AUTHORS
with an introductory essay by John Ragone and a note by Umberto Pregliasco
Modena: Giorgio Regnani Editore, 2010. 8.25 x 11.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 415 pages. THE CLASSICS THAT HAVE MADE ITALY: A NEW BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITALIAN AUTHORS with an introductory essay by John Ragone and a note by Umberto Pregliasco. I Classici Che Hanno Fatto Ltalia (or The Classics That Have Made Italy) offers itself as a counterpart to the great work Printing and the Mind of Man, illustrating the history of the Italian culture through..... READ MORE about I CLASSICI CHE HANNO FATTO L'ITALIA: PER UN NUOVO CANONE BIO-BIBLIOGRAFICO DEGLI AUTORI...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 104769
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, (1896). 8vo. disbound. xv, (i), 494 pages. XXV Anni di Vita Editoriale. Introduction by Gaetano Negri. Photograph as frontispiece. Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, with markings. Disbound, cover and backstrip missing, first ten pages detached, pages fragile, extremities worn. READ MORE about CATALOGO CRONOLOGICO, ALFABETICO-CRITICO SISTEMATICO E PER SOGGETTI, DELLE EDIZIONI HOEPLI...
Price: $28.00 Order nr. 69687
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. small 8vo. cloth. viii, 136 pages. Second edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Private bookplate of Fred Schreiber on the front pastedown. A near fine copy. With four chapters: The Use of Books in Ancient Greece, The Papyrus Roll, Books and Reading at Rome and Vellum and the Codex. Illustrated. READ MORE about BOOKS AND READERS IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 87037
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper front cover label, fore-edge uncut. 220, (2) pages. Limited to 750 copies, and 12 lettered copies. This is a lettered copy. Editor's note, list of plates, introduction by Guido Biagi. 128 facsimile reproductions from famous Italian printed works, with descriptive text. Lacks two of three color plates. Covers stained along fore-edge. Rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...
Price: $52.00 Order nr. 130611
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1924. 8vo. paperback. xii, 104 pages. First edition. Lacking the spine, some minor chipping to edges, else a near fine copy internally. A bibliography of sixteenth century Venetian printers and publishers. Lists 493 printers and publishers with the number of works they produced with the dates of their activity. READ MORE about TIPOGRAFI, EDITORI, LIBRAI A VENEZIA NEL SECOLO XVI
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 43502
Mantova: Editoriale Padus, (1971). 4to. cloth. 321, (3) pages. Text in Italian. Boards lightly faded, else a near fine copy. A history of the art of printing in Mantova, Italy, from the 15th through the 17th centuries. Preface by the author. Organized by century with biographies and bibliographies of significant printers. Indices of names, places, and illustrations. Table of contents. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about L' ARTE DELLA STAMPA A MANTOVE NEI SECOLI XV-XVI-XVII
Price: $68.00 Order nr. 116071
A History of the Florentine Firm and a Catalogue of the Editions
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 1096 pages. A History of the Florentine Firm and a Catalogue of the Editions. This ambitious project explores in detail the history and output of the Giunti Press in Florence, covering the firm from its beginnings in 1497 to its end in 1625, and providing descriptions of each Giunti book published with extensive indication of the libraries holding copies of each edition. In..... READ MORE about THE GIUNTI OF FLORENCE: A RENAISSANCE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING FAMILY
Price: $195.00 Order nr. 105520
Rivista Mensile d'Arte del Libro, Anno XXIII. Bertieri, Raffaello (editor)
Milano: Raffaello Bertieri, 1926. large 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (i), 104-147, (3) pages followed by four plates. Rivista Mensile d'Arte del Libro, Anno XXIII. Bertieri, Raffaello (editor). Issue No. 3, dated March 31, 1926, of the graphic arts review edited by Raffaello Bertieri, director of the famous Scuola del Libro located in Milan. Trade ads with illustrations for inks, presses, photographic equipment, etc. comprise the first section. Contains the articles "La Giunta d'Arte per I...... READ MORE about IL RISORGIMENTO GRAFICO, ANNO XXIII, NUMERO 3
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 95757
6 Volumes,
Milano (Milan), Italy: Raffaello Bertieri, 1940. large 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 6 Volumes, Text in Italian. Union List 4, 3684. Issues: Year XXXXVII, No. 1, dated July 31, 1940; No. 2, dated August 31, 1940; No. 3, dated September 30, 1940; No. 4, dated October 31, 1940; No. 6, dated December 31, 1940; and No. 7, dated January 31, 1941. The graphic arts review edited by Raffaello Bertieri, director of the famous Scuola..... READ MORE about IL RISORGIMENTO GRAFICO, ANNO XXXVII
Price: $28.00 Order nr. 121560
Two volumes bound in one. Contenente la descrizione e illustrazione delle stampe ebraiche, talmudiche, rabbinische, greche, latine e italiane...nel secolo XV...e nel secolo XVI. Bologna 1885-1886.
Bologna, Italy: Arnaldo Forni Editore, (1979). 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. 837 pages. Two volumes bound in one. Contenente la descrizione e illustrazione delle stampe ebraiche, talmudiche, rabbinische, greche, latine e italiane...nel secolo XV...e nel secolo XVI. Bologna 1885-1886. Reprint edition (for the first edition see Besterman, 5151). Minor chipping to spine label, else a fine copy of this important bibliography. The first edition was printed in 1886. READ MORE about ANNALI TIPOGRAFICI DEI SONCINO
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 142352
Fermo: Tipografia di Cesare Ciserri, 1870. 8vo. publisher's wrappers. (ii),122; 69+(1) pages. Third edition from first edition of 1868, enlarged with the assistance of Crescentino Giannini (Besterman, 5151; Not in Bigmore & Wyman). Bound together these two titles present a history and bibliography of books printed by the Soncini family who were the first printers at Soncini in Lombardy, Italy. Split along the spine, rear cover separated and heavily chipped along the edges. Covers toned..... READ MORE about SERIE DI OPERE EBRAICHE IMPRESSE DAI CELEBRI TIPOGRAPHI SONCINI. Fermo: Stampe di Casare Ciserri,...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 42763
Milano: Bertieri e Vanzetti, n.d. (but 1923). 4to. paper wrappers, later paper spine covering. 56, (4) pages. First edition. A collection of sixteenth-century Bolognese printers' marks illustrated and described. Included among these are the marks of Caligola Bazalieri, Aldo Manuzio, G.B. Bellagamba and various other minor or anonymous printers. Sorbelli provides an introduction as well as commentary on each mark illustrated. Printed in red and black. Tears along bottom edge of front cover. Small tears..... READ MORE about LE MARCHE TIPOGRAFICHE BOLOGNESE NEL SECOLO XVI
Price: $56.00 Order nr. 60111
Milano: Bertieri e Vanzetti, n.d. (but 1923). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56, (4) pages. First edition. A collection of sixteenth-century Bolognese printers' marks illustrated and described. Included among these are the marks of Caligola Bazalieri, Aldo Manuzio, G.B. Bellagamba and various other minor or anonymous printers. Sorbelli provides an introduction as well as commentary on each mark illustrated. Printed in red and black. Unopened copy. READ MORE about LE MARCHE TIPOGRAFICHE BOLOGNESE NEL SECOLO XVI
Price: $68.00 Order nr. 99699
Milan: Associazioni Italiana Editori, 1950. 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 3-111 pages, with 14 additional leaves of plates. A chronology in sections of the various organizations of Italian publishers beginning in 1869, with photographic illustrations or facsimiles, several indexes, and a list of the organizations' publications. Backing browned, chipped; several small tears. READ MORE about OTTANTA ANNI DI VITA ASSOCIATIVA DEGLI EDITORI ITALIANI (1869-1949
Price: $28.00 Order nr. 52865
