Venice - Rare (Catalog) - Xerxes Books, Booksellers to the World Since 1980

Venice - Rare:

de Grouchy, Nicolaus . DE COMITTIS ROMANORUM LIBRI TRES
Venice 1558 Francis Bindon. First printed in Paris in 1555. Grouchy, a French Protestant, was one of Montaigne's instructors, and this book is cited in a Montaigne essay. In Latin. Small octavo, 272pp., index, limp vellum. A few old ink underlines in text and notes on title page. Appears complete, but opens to Preface at A2. Good, without original ties, small piece pasted on title page (covering an ink note), small chip at right margin of title page (not affecting printing), old stain or discolor on about first 30 leaves. (a46483)
$600.00 Fiordimassi, Antonio . RELATIONI DI VIENNA MANUSCRITTE DALL'ANNO 1684 27 AGOSTO SINO ALL'ANNO 1686 27 OTTOBRE - UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF BUDAPEST
Manuscript (apparently autograph) in form of a diary. Dated Marzo 1687 Venetia. On March 5, 1684, Austria, Poland and Venice formed the Holy League, all pledging to fight the Turks and not to conclude any separate peace agreements. The bulk of the war fell to the Austrians.The The Turks were defeated in 1685 at the Siege of Neuhaesusel and at Gran. They had controlled Budapest since 1541, but the Austrian victory September 2, 1686 ended the second siege of this city. This war lasted until the Treaty of Karlowitz Jan 26, 1699, marking the suppression of Turkish power in Europe and the cession of lands to Austria and Poland. This present manuscript is a copy of the report from Vienna, Warsaw and areas in between by Antonio Fiordimassi, the Venetian ambassador to the Imperial Court, on the conduct of the war in Hungary and the Balkans The dispatches were written at weekly intervals between August 26, 1684, and October 27, 1686 and provide a detailed and likely unrecorded account of the Austrian campaign. None of the major collections of Venetian ambassadorial reports include the present text including Alberi, Fiedler, Pribam and Barozzi-Berchet. Written in Italian in neat, easy to read, cursive script on both sides of page. Sm.4to., 451pp., vellum over boards, red morocco label mounted on spine with title stamped in gilt. From libraries of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, and of Sir Thomas Phillipps. In Very Good plus condition with lovely color end papers. An attractive as well as highly valuable primary historical document. Photos available on request. (a50833)
$17000.00 (Venice) . RACCOLTA CRONOLOGICO-RAGIONATA DI DOCUMENTI INEDITI CHE FORMANO LA STORIA DIPLOMATICA DELLA RIVOLUZIONE ET CADUTA DELLA REPUBBLICA DI VENEZIA CORREDATA DI CRITICHE OSSERVAZIONI - TOMO SECONDO
Firenze 1800 1st. In Italian. Hardcover. 4to., 275pp., (double column text), black marbled cloth with green cloth spine. VG, very light water stain on text throughout. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a64606)
$465.00 Abis, Paolo . LA TEMI VENETA CONTENENTE MAGISTRATI, REGGIMENTI E ALTRO PER L'ANNO 1793
(Venice 1793) Appresso Paolo Colombani. Directory of names. In Italian. Hardcover, 12mo., 156pp., fully bordered title page, full page frontis engraving of woman holding a branch, original tan cloth. VG. Scarce. (a65006)
$500.00 Ongania, Ferdinando (editor) . CALLI E CANALI IN VENEZIA
Venice 1899. English edition by F. Home-Rosenberg. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 12 pages of text in English with 50 fukk age photogravure plates of Venice, yellow cloth with full illustration on front in gilt and black of an outdoor scene on canal in Venice. VG, light foxing in margins of plates, very light cover wear. Rare English language edition of this valuable work. (a83403)
$2000.00