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(venice) . LE PROVINCE VENETE NELL'ULTIMO CINQUANTENNIO
Venice n.d. (1957). Profilo Economico E Sociale, Volume II. In Italian. 8vo., 251pp., wraps. VG. (a24199)
$26.00 (architecture) . VENEZIA E UN DOVERE - STUDIO PER IL CONCORSO DI IDEE PER LA CHIUSURA DELLE TRE BOCCHE CHE METTONO IN COMUNICAZIONE LA LAGUNA DI VENEZIA CON IL MARE ADRIATICO
Venezia 1970. first edition. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche . tall 4to., 89pp., in Italian. numerous foldout charts and diagrams, wraps. Owner signed on title page. VG, slight soiling. Very Scarce. (a27926)
$70.00Moore, John M.D.. A VIEW OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN ITALY WITH ANECDOTES RELATING TO SOME EMINENT CHARACTERS (2 vol set, complete)
London 1790 5th edition, corrected. A. Strahan and T. Cadell. Some chapter headings: Doge's marraige, Island of Murano, Mr. Montague, Origin of Venice, Origin of ceremony of Espousing the Sea, Form of Electing the Doge, Marquis of Bedamar's Conspiracy, Ferrara, Bologna, Ancona, Character of Modern Italians, Villa Borghese, Presented to the Pope, Modern Romans, Roman Women Compared with Those of England, Manners, Naples, Liquefaction of St. Januarius's Blood, etc. 2 volumes, complete. Hardcover. Octavo, 510pp., 508pp., full leather tree calf with mounted unchipped red leather spine labels . Owner name stamp (Rowland R. Crocker) on both volumes. Fairly Good, one outer hinge cracked, all other hinges in and out are secure and unbroken; binding secure; light occasional foxing in text but mostly clean. Some wear on spine ends. Some small chips in the cover leather. Overall reasonably nice solid set. (a29415)
$175.00 (sculpture) . LA GIOVANE SCULTURA OLANDESE
Vienna 1988. In Italian. La XLIII Biennale di Venezia. 4to., 40pp., illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear. (a32894)
$29.00 Pallucchini, Rodolfo . GIOVANNI BELLINI CATALOGO ILLUSTRATO DELLA MOSTRA
Venezia 1949 Alfieri Editore. Palazzo Ducale Venezia 12 Giugno - 5 Ottobre 1949. In Italian. Small octavo, 240pp., many monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. Good, light wear. (a36489)
$29.00 (venice) . CRONOGRAFIA IL TEMPO E LA MEMORIA NELLA SOCIETA CONTEMPORANEA
Venice 1980. In Italian. La Biennale di Venezia, Settori Progetti Speciale. 4to., 103pp., monochrome photo illus., stiff wraps. VG. (a43187)
$40.00 Mauroner, Fabio . LUCA CARLEVARIJS
Padova 1945. No. 12/300. In Italian. Sm.4to., 94pp. of text, 101 full page monochrome plates, boards. Good, tiny chip at heel of spine, corners worn, edges gently bumped. (a43249)
$50.00 Hausler, F. . DAS ANTLITZ VON VENEDIG
Basel 1932 1st Benno Schwabe. In German. 8vo., 253pp., monochrome photo illus., hardcover. Date stamp on front. VG, corners bumped, no DJ. (a43475)
$30.00 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)
$600.00Jacobi, Hugo. VENEZIANISCHE SPIEGELUNGEN (signed with original mss poem)
K�ln und Berlin 1951. Poetry in German. Hardcover. Octavo., 32pp., decorated cloth. **Inscribed and signed with an original poem by Jacobi on the half title. VG, no DJ. (a48725)
$100.00Fiordimassi, 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. Large octavo (6 x 7-3/4 inches) , 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 (recent ownership papers are available.) In Very Good plus condition with lovely color end papers. An attractive as well as highly valuable primary historical document. Photos available on request. Rare, possibly unique. (a50833)
$8000.00 Casa, Giovanni Della (1503-56) . DUE ORAZIONI PER MUOVERE I VENEZIANI A COLLEGARSI COL PAPA, COL RE DI FRANCIA, E CON GLI SVIZZEZI CONTRO L'IMPERATORE CARLO QUINTO
no date (18th century or earlier). In Lione appresso Bartolommeo Martin. In Italian. Della Casa wrote this famous political essay to incite the Venetians to rise up against Emperor Charles V. There is no date in this publication (but it is clearly printed in the eighteenth century or earlier), and is cited (also without date) in Reason of State, The Italian Art of Political Prudence by Gianfranco Borrelli. A pencilled note inside front cover suggests "Florence, 1716". Hardcover. Small octavo, 80pp., full vellum. Opens to title page. Good, light foxing, vellum on rear panel has quite a few small chips. Rare. (a61345)
$750.00 (Venice) . RACCOLTA CRONOLOGICO-RAGIONATA DI DOCUMENTI INEDITI CHE FORMANO LA STORIA DIPLOMATICA DELLA RIVOLUZIONE ET CADUTA DELLA REPUBLICA 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 Nevin, Ethelbert . UN GIORNO IN VENEZIA FOR THE PIANOFORTE OP. 25 - ALBQA, GONDOLIERI, CANZONE AMOROSA, BUONA NOTTE
1898 John Church. Sheet music. 4to., 26pp., Illustrated with 4 full page illustrations in brown ink (no artist name given), purple and gilt stringbound wraps. VG, cover rubbed and a bit worn. (a73676)
$29.00 (art) . NELSON LEIRNER E (AND) IRAN DO ESPIRITO SANTO
1999. 48 Biennale di Venezia Padiglione Brasile. In Portuguese. Sm.4to., 72pp., original wraps. VG. (a74961)
$34.00 Istria . RELAZIONE GENERALE DELLA GIUNTA ALLA DIETA PROVINCIALE DEL MARGRAVIATO D'ISTRIA SULLA SUA GESTIONE DALLA CHIUSA DELLA SESSIONE DELL'ANNO 1877
Parenzo (1877) Gaetano Coana. In Italian. Hardcover. 4to., 89pp., (13), cloth. Title in German in gilt on spine. German library stamp on title page. Good, edges a bit worn, light toning in text. (a83891)
$200.00