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il Brigante Giuseppe Berto

Einaudi, Turin, 1951. 16°, 248 (4) pp., half cloth. Giuseppe Berto (1914-1978) was a great Italian writer, scrip writer (Anonimo Veneziano) and painter. Signed and inscribed by Berto. Ex Libris. In Italian.閱讀更多

Het Nieuwe Testament

Gospel in Dutch, with psalm music and words. Wonderful leather binding, gold tooled, golden end pages. Internally clean. 18x11 cm. Ex Libris Klaus Rodel.閱讀更多

1682 Biblia Sacra Vulgate Holy Bible Koln Sixtus V Clement VIII

Biblia Sacra. First Edition Coloniae Agrippinae, sumpt. Balthasaris ab Egmond, 1682. Hardcover. Biblia Sacra Vulgate Holy Bible Sixtus V Clement VIII A very rare, mid-17th-century Vulgate Biblia Sacra published in 1682. The title page indicates it was published in Cologne Koln, however, according to sources, this Bible was published in the Netherlands and the Cologne address is false. It features an illustrated, engraved title page. Balthasaris ab Egmond, 1682. Collation complete with all pages: [xxii] 894, [47] References: Delaveau & Hillard 1071, p. 187 Binding: Leather; tight & secure Language: Latin Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10cm). Leather binding showing age, with gold titles. Wonderful ex libris Manuel de Soroa閱讀更多

D. Ioan. Chrysostomi Episcopi Constantinopolitani in...

2 volumes, in Latin, leather, with gold titles, second volume follow commentaria on Marcus and Lucas. Good conditions, some yellowing due to the type of paper, otherwise a very good set. Ex libris.閱讀更多

signed and autographed Sarah Bernhardt (Henriette-Rosine Bernard)

Signed and autographed picture of Sarah Bernhardt by famous photographer Nadar. Sarah Bernhardt born Henriette-Rosine Bernard, 22 or 23 October 1844 - 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame Aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand. She also played male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Hugo praised her "golden voice". Original photo 16x10 cm, some reflexes in the posting are due to the glass, it is now framed but we'll ship only the picture.閱讀更多

General Armando Diaz, commander in chief of the Italian Army in WW1 Armando Diaz

Armando Diaz (1861-1928). Commander in chief of the Italian Army in 1918. BW photograph, the picture has been taken through a glass, some reflexes are due to that but we'll ship without the frame.閱讀更多

Signed and inscribed Enrico Caviglia

General Enrico Caviglia (1862-1945) was a famous general and politician. After WW1 was nominated to the Senate. He ordered an attack on Fiume to dislodge D'Annunzio. Signed Rome, 21 April 1929, anniversary of Rome's foundation. The picture size, inclusive of white border, is A4. It is framed under a glass and some strange reflexes are due to that.閱讀更多

Quatrieme memoire a consulter

In French. Paris, 1774. A famous judicial case in France. Leather with gold titles. In perfect condition inclusive of folded tables. 165 p. 270x100 mm With a wonderful ex libris.閱讀更多

The Painted Veil W. Someset Maugham

Heinemann, London, 1925. Hardcover. Condition. First Edition. A good first edition copy of this important novel, the cause of some senseless litigation. Maugham was forced to change several names. This copy, first state, with inserted author's note was first issue in a serial publication. A sound copy in original blue cloth lettered in gilt and black. This novel has been the base for movies for three times, the first with Greta Garbo as main character. The book was banned in colonial Hong Kong, thought to make fun of the Colonial Secretary. Ex libris Werner Zemp.閱讀更多

BUDDHISM IN CHRISTENDOM - JESUS

First edition. Very Good. 1st UK Edition. 410 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with small b/w plate and tissue facing. 14 additional illustrations and some figures in text. A pivotal work studying the influences of Buddhism on Christianity. An Hong Kong stamp set commemorating the Xinhai revolution pasted at the end. Imposing Masonic ex libris dated 1900 from the SUPREME COUNCIL 33 and pasted down 2 signatures by Winston Churchill as Duke of Marlborough and one as MARLBOROUGH dated 10/11/04. A strange association!閱讀更多

Imprese, Stratagemmi

FIRST EDITION. In Italian. Giolito de Ferrari, 1566 - Vinegia. It was reprinted in 1567 and 1568. 4to. [60] + 477 + [3]p. Italic & roman letter. Large oval printer's device on title. Numerous historiated woodcut initials in various sizes. Ornamental head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary vellum. A handbook on Renaissance military science including naval warfare illustrated with examples from ancient Greek and Roman history, and including a glossary of terms used in land and naval warfare. Rocca (1515-87),a lawyer and historian from Piacenza, (during the last years of life he became a friar) was originally trained as an armourer; he took part in the decisive battle of St Quentin (1557) won by Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, leading a Spanish Army, against a larger French army. Dedication to Sforza Pallavicino Marchese del Borgo, Governor General of Venetian territories. The book was edited by Tommaso Porcacchi (1530-1585), a close friend of the printer Giolito, whom he persuaded to publish a series of texts on ancient history ('Collana greca e latina').Cockle 534; Jähns 579. Adams, R-635-636. Cockle, 534 e 540. Bongi, II, 227-305. DAyala, 54. Jähns, 579. Olscki, Choix,119-120. Sticca, p. 101. Poggiali, Mem. Stor. di Piacenza, X, 69. With a bookplate with his position in the Caproni factory, in Vizzola Ticino, Varese, they were the owners of the Caproni aircraft industry. The first bombers used by the USA in WW1 were produced by them.閱讀更多

Jacobowsky and the Colonel BEHRMAN, S. N. and Franz Werfel

Random House, New York, 1944. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Original Play by Franz Werfel on a play by S.N. Behrman. Frontispiece and other black-and-white photographs. 177 pages, 12mo, light grayish-green cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Random House, (1944). FIRST PRINTING. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. Inscribed by Behrman. Ex Libris Edward Wengert閱讀更多

My Truth as told to Albert Zarca Edda Mussolini Ciano

Wife of Galeazzo Ciano, shot in 1944, beloved first daughter of Mussolini. 256 pages, 8vo. Mylar cover hardback with perfect DW. She speaks about her tumultuous relation with her father, a very frank and lovely book. Including a signed certificate by Edda Mussolini Ciano dated 8.10.1945 "I do confirm this is my true signature." There is also a picture of her father Mussolini, signed by his Mussolini's wife, Rachele Guidi Mussolini "the real Duce" according to Edda.閱讀更多

Prelude to Hong Kong Austin Coates

Routledge, London, 1966. Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. TRULY FINE BOOK IN GOOD+ DUST JACKET WITH ORIGINAL 40s PRICE AND LIGHT RUBBING AND EDGE WEAR. Paper with some yellowing. Mylar plastic cover. A masterfully written history of Macao by a former civil servant in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Wonderful signed Ex LIbris閱讀更多

Inscribed and signed photograph Rodolfo Graziani

Rodolfo Graziani (1882-1955) was a general, governor and commander in chief of the republican army from 1943-1945 as allied to Nazi Germany. The picture size A4 is framed under a glass. "In the Social Republic of the Italians defending the Western Alps. 1944-45 Rodolfo Graziani"閱讀更多

DELLA SCIENZA CHIAMATA CAVALLERESCA Libri tre

2 parts in un vol. in-4, pp. (16), 284, (12), (8), 59, bind. vellum. Some slight damages by warmholes, hence the low price. 2 Ex libris.閱讀更多

Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from...

First edition, first printing. Quarto, 28.6*23cm, xxvi, 334pp. Ex-library copy with a few stamps. Original dustjacket protected in mylar. Minor shelfwear with some darkening due to age. Binding tight and secure, contents clear. Extremely scarce.閱讀更多

A Voyage Round the World

Osborne & Shipton et al., London, 1762. 10th edition. 8vo, [xxiv unpaginated], 536 pp, THE 3 LARGE FOLD OUT MAPS ARE MISSING. From the Hartfordshire Public Library. condition of the pages: fresh and crisp: rebound in a percaline covers.閱讀更多

Photograph inscribed and signed Sven Hedin

A signed picture of Swedish explorer Sven Hedin (1862-1952), on the back he is writing some sentences in German. 13X9 cm. The picture is framed but we'll ship it without.閱讀更多

The Holy Terror H. G. Wells

London Michael Joseph 1939, Condition: near fine. 1st Edition. 447pp. Octavo. Red cloth covered boards with silver metallic lettering on spine. Corners and ends of spine lightly bumped, some water stains on cover, but internal pages are in very good condition. Light yellow endpapers. "This novel forecasts the advent of the world state. It includes Wells's most thorough indictment of the phenomenon of fascism." Nice ex Libris.閱讀更多

Inside Red China

First edition, first printing. Small octavo, 22*15cm, 356pp. Top edge tinted red. Illustrated with plates. Edgar Snow's wife's own "Red Star over China" report. A fine hardcover in its original dustjacket now protected in mylar. Included as a bonus is a newspaper report in "The New York Times Magazine" dated March 6, 1955, on Chou En-Lai, "The Man Who Speaks for Red China."閱讀更多

T'ang-Yin-Pi-Shih: Parallel Cases from under the Pear-Tree

First edition, first printing. Octavo, 24.6*16.5cm, 98pp. Dustjacket chipped with several areas of missing paper, now protected in mylar. Some off-setting onto free endpapers, otherwise a clean hardcover throughout.閱讀更多

L'HISTOIRE DES RELIGIONS DE TOUS LES ROYAUMES DU MONDE Only III volume

In French. First edition. Only the III volume, independent from the other two dealing with all the religions of the Asia Pacific Region: China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, India. Written by JOVET, Chanoine de Laon, prieur de Painchastel. Paris, Editions chez Charles Osmont In-16 (9 x 15 cm), 290 pages, plus 40 of Index. Leather with gold titles. Ex libris Ludwig and Grete Biergans閱讀更多

L'antiquité dévoilée par ses usages

Amsterdam. 1768. 3 volumes in-12. Cet ouvrage "a été refait sur le manuscrit original par le baron d'Holbach, avec un précis de la vie de l'auteur par Diderot, d'après Grimm". Caillet I, 1530. "Plusieurs chapitres sont consacrés aux mystères d'Eleusis, aux oracles des Sibylles, au Sabianisme ou culte des astres, aux idées astronomiques et astrologiques des anciens, aux terreurs causées par les éclipses, les comètes et autres phénomènes de la nature". Dorbon, 458. Tchemerzine, II, 715. Plaisant exemplaire paru 4 ans après l'édition originale. Ex Libris Jose Batlle閱讀更多

Voltaire a Ferney

In French. Good, solid volume. 8vo. vii,495. Half leather, gold titles. Great signed ex libris Nils Blumer閱讀更多

Heart of Asia Nicholas Roerich

Extremely rare book, signed by Nicholas Roerich. 12.o 170 pp. Printed by the Roerich Museum Press, New York. Nicholas Kostantinovic Roerich (1874-1947) was a painter, explorer, mystic, prophet. His paintings are as rare as those of Leonardo da Vinci. He was nominated several times for the Nobel prize but never won it. He created the Roerich Pact an international instrument to protect cultural legacies. A friend of Gandhi and Nehru. With a beautiful Italian Ex libris閱讀更多

M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata / cum notis Farnabii et variorum

In Latin. Martial [Martialis, Marcus Valerius (40-104)] Ex officina Hackiana, 1670, Leiden. First Edition A very good copy in a original XVII century vellum cover. Inside fresh and crispy. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 794 pages; Physical description: [22], 794, [46] p ; 19 cm. -- Epigrams, Latin, satiric verses and poetry. Engraved title page. Head and tail pieces with historiated initials to text. Includes index on final [46] pages. Ex Libris in Memoriam Dr. Pavel Agoston. Ágoston Pável (1886-1946) an Hungarian writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian.閱讀更多

Caracteres Chrestiens ou dieu et le Monde Avec Leur expressions De Bressac

In French, extremely rare book with sonnets about the vanity of the world and religion. 14x8 cm Half leather with gold titles. Extremely rare small book Ex libris Girald閱讀更多

Ah Q and Others: Selected Stories of Lusin [Lu Hsun]

First edition, first printing. Small octavo, 21.9*13.3cm, xxviii,219pp. Original dustjacket edge worn and chipped, slight water stain to bottom right corner of book block, otherwise a very good hardcover with clean and crisp pages. Extremely rare.閱讀更多

L'Art de se Connaitre soy-Mesme on la Recherche des Sources de La Morale Abbadie

In French, Rotterdam, 2nd edition. Leather vellum binding, with gold titles. Small 8vo, [viii], 494, [6] Second edition (First edition the year before). Abbadie wrote this successful work at the Battle of the Boyne where he had followed William of Orange, in 1692. The book is dedicated to Viscount Sydney. Jacques Abbadie (1654-1727) was a Calvinist preacher and writer. This was his most popular work, translated in English in 1694. The last chapters are dedicated to the study of egoism and egocentricity. With a Russian ex libris Utrecht 1986.閱讀更多

TRAITE DE LA CLOTURE DES RELIGIEUSES

First Edition IN-12 (10 X 17 X 3,5 CENTIMETRES) (26) + 508 PAGES, leather binding of the period in leather with gold titles Great condition. It is a manual in French about the duty and prerogatives of the clergy a classic example of the religious preoccupations for minutiae of the age in France, a Nation divided by religious wars between Calvinists and Catholic. Ex Libris Ludo Segers. The famous photographer.閱讀更多

Liber De Ludo Aleae Girolamo Cardano

Latin and Italian translation of one of the first books written by Cardanuo (1501-1577) his father Fazio was a friend of Leonardo Da Vinci. On games and chances, It contains the first law of statistic and several other intuitions. Cardano has a place in the history of mathematics. First printed in Lyon in 1663. 200 copies (our is number 129)on handmade paper). The pages are still uncut. A wonderful edition. Cartoon covers. Fine Italian ex Libris.閱讀更多

De rerum varietate libri XVII. Gerolamo Cardano

Cardano, Girolamo (1501-1577) Heinrich Petri, Basel:, 1581. First edition by this publisher after Candano's death in 1577. In 8° ant. (mm 165x100), (78), 1171,(1), Cardano's Second Great Encyclopedia of Science & Nature The De rerum varietate is Cardano's second important encyclopedia of science, mechanics, and metaphysics; it covers all aspects of the natural world, from cosmology to the construction of machines; from the usefulness of natural sciences to the evil influence of demons; from the laws of mechanics to cryptology. It is a mine of facts, both real and imaginary; of notes on the state of the sciences; of superstition, technology, alchemy, and various branches of the occult. The similarities between the scientific opinions expressed by Cardano in these two works and those of Leonardo da Vinci (the two met, his father Fazio was a friend of Leonardo) at that time unpublished, have led some historians. to suppose that Cardano has used Leonardo's manuscript notes; others insist that the similarity is entirely coincidental. Be that as it may, Cardano must always be credited with having introduced new ideas that inspired new investigations.' (DSB III, 66) The work forms a sequel to De Subtilitate, and, together with it, contains the author's notions on physics and metaphysics. Of special chemical interest is Book X, comprising one chapter on fire. a chapter on distillation with woodcuts of apparatus, and a chapter on chemistry. It finishes by a chapter on glass.?(Duveen).The book also includes chapters on glass, metals, mineralogy, botany, zoology, experiments of various kinds, astronomy, astrology, etc. VD 16, C 920; IA 132.071; Duveen 117; Thorndike V, 563 ff.; Cf. Ferguson I, 141; Sinkankas 1145 Bound in contemporary pigskin PROIBITTO written in old calligraphi on the front cover, this book was put into the INDEX LIBRIS PROIBITORUM by the Holy Inquisition.閱讀更多

The Life of Belisarius Lord Mahon

First edition issued in 1829. This is the revised second edition (1848) of a classic in history. Hardcover. Spine in leather with gold titles. The life of Belisarius, a great general at the service of the Bizantine empire who, allegedly, ended up blind, begging for his food in the streets of Constantinople. Very solid; marbled edges and endpapers; fold-out color map in good condition; 8vo, 473 pages. 2 ex libris.閱讀更多

Il sacco di Roma descritto in due libri Edizione seconda...

Unknown printer. Published in Colonia (Koln but actually Lucca), 1758. Cm. 15,5, pp. xx, 239 (1). Late binding with cartoon and half leather with gold titles. probably written by Luigi Guicciardini, not by his brother Francesco. An indispensable too for historians interested in the Sack of Rome of 1527. A wonderful edition printed on heavy paper. Graesse III, 178, Brunet II, 1805 Platneriana p. 316. With 3 ex libris.閱讀更多

Opera. Editio Secunda Romana ad vetera manuscripta...

Thick volume 18x12x7 (h.) ancient handwriting. Leather cover with gold titles, with scretches and markings due to use. Preceded by a life of St. Gregorius. Ex libris.閱讀更多

Il Segretario di Lettere e di Stato

In Italian. Well printed and rare. Lorenzo Honesti (Onesti) "Il Segretario di Lettere e di Stato. Diviso in Concetti e Massime politiche", Giunti, Venice, 8o, 2 books bound together, leather cover and two straps to close it. It is a collection, with comments, on how to behave in different situations and how to write proper letters. Ex Libris Giuseppe Cauti閱讀更多

Sons. SIGNED by Pearl Buck Pearl Buck Chinese...

First edition 1932, second printing 1932. Small octavo, 21*14.5cm, 467pp. Signed by author on first title page. A clean hardcover.閱讀更多

Il Pastor Fido Guarini Battista

In Italian, not dated but around 1650-1657. 120 x 15mm. (3)300 p. Rome. A handsome clean copy of one of the most read best known Italian poems of the period, read throughout the seventeenth century and imitated by Milton and many others well into the eighteenth century. Voltaire for example wrote 'toute l'Europe savait et sait encore par coeur cent morceaux du Pastor Fido' (see N.J. Perella The Critical Fortune of Battista Guarini's Il pastor Fido, Florence: Olschki, 1973). It was translated into English first in 1602, and there were many editions of the Italian text printed in London from 1591 well into the eighteenth century. With several engravings into the text. This is wonderful pocket edition, with a fine binding. Ex libris Vincenzo Pansini.閱讀更多

All Quiet on the Western Front Eric Maria Remarque

Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1929. First American edition, First Printing, of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original beige cloth. It is the basis for the 1930 film directed by Lewis Milestone, with the screenplay by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, starring Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, and Ben Alexander. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone, and the Academy Award for Outstanding Production. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. Ex Libris by German writer Angela Berkheim.閱讀更多

Herovm epistolae, epigrammata et herodias Bidermann, Jakob

In Latin. Extremely rare tiny edition. 11x5.5 cm Bidermann (1578-1649) was in charge of the science tribunal of the Jesuits, where he sunk Bonaventura Cavalieri. Vellum cover 160 + 1 pag. yellowing of the papers otherwise a very good copy.閱讀更多

Raoul de Valmire, Ou Six Mois de 1816: Auguste Louis Philippe Saint-Chamans

In French. Extremely rare. Half leather with gold titles. Gilded pages. Fresh pages. 12mo IV. 326. 2 ex Libris.閱讀更多

ll canale dell'istmo di Suez

Privately printed by the author in Leghorn 1864. 8°, cm 24x15, pp. (6), XXXVIII, 280 + Index, half leather with gold titles. The Suez Canal was opened on the 17 Novembre 1869. This book was translated in French and published in Paris in 1865. It is a fundamental work to understand that great enterprise and also to see why the Panama Canal proved a failure. Cesare Vimercati was an historian, admiral and explorer who knew and visited the Middle East. With 3 ex libris.閱讀更多

[Pamphilia] mundi vniuersi amicitia

Written in Latin dealing with Medicine and philosophy, Naldi was a professor of natural philosophy in Siena. First word of title romanized from Greek characters. Added engraved title-page sketched by Raffaello Vanni, with a goodess having a naked brest, like Marianne of the French Revolution. Senis, Apud 1647. Includes index. Bound in old vellum 3 ex libris, ex libris Martini Other Titles Mundi vniuersi amicitia, cui dissidentes philosophorum opiniones conciliantur, Mvndi vniversi amicitia, cui dissidentes philosophorum opiniones conciliantvr Pagination [2], 5-7, [9], 396, [2] p., [1] leaf of plate. A misterious work, extremely rare閱讀更多

Visite en Belgique de S

First edition, first printing. Small octavo, 24.3*16.3cm, 66pp. Illustrated with photos. Extremely scarce.閱讀更多

Narrative of the War with China in 1860

First edition, first printing. Small octavo, 22.1*14.9cm, xiv, 415pp. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt decoration to spine and upper board and gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Lt Gen Sir J. Hope Grant (to whom the book is dedicated by the author). Important primary account of the Second Opium War including the Anglo-French Expedition to Pekin and the sacking of the Summer Palace. Wolseley was with the 90th Light Infantry in China during the events. Book clean internally, small remnant of an old bookplate to front paste-down, boards rubbed. Overall Good+ copy of an important and surprisingly uncommon book.閱讀更多

Certain Old Chinese Notes or Chinese Paper Money

First edition, first printing. Octavo, 24.3*16.5cm, 93pp [xiv,p.245-p.286,11, plus 13 plates. Ex-library copy with bookplate on front endpaper, and blind stamp on first page of text. Pocket and charge slip removed from rear endpapers.閱讀更多

CONTRADICENTIVM| MEDICORVM LIBER| Continens contradictiones| centum octo

First edition published in Venice by Gerolamo Scoto. 80o [8], 188, [3] cc. leather cover, inside pages fresh and crispy. A book which marked a turning point in the history of Medicine, the second book by Cardano (1501-1577?), a strong invective against physicians used to discuss Aristiotle instead of learning from herbalists and cerusics. Very much in the style of Paracelsus. Ex libris Leland Gilbert.閱讀更多

VALERII MAXIMI DICTORUM FACTORUMQUE MEMORABILIUM LIBRI IX. Valerii Maximi

In latin. Typis Danielis Elzevirii [Elzevier], Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: 1671, 1671. Condition: very Good. pp. [8], 328. Engraved title page. 24mo. 13 cm. half leather binding. This is a second edition after that of 1650 and the second of two impressions of 1671 (without the preliminary headpiece). Willems 1462n. Valerius Maximus was a widely read Roman historian. This work, [Nine Books of Memorable Deeds and Sayings] was written around A.D. 30 and it is a miscellany of anecdotes about a variety of subjects. It was especially important as a source for writers and orators. The Dutch family of Elzevier (Elzevir; Elsevier) were the foremost printers of their time. They produced a vast variety of well printed scholarly and popular books; many in a very small handy format. Louis Elzevier, the founder of the firm, produced his first book in Leiden in 1583. The 'golden age' of Elzevier printing was between 1620 and 1680. The Elzevier dynasty probably produced their last publication in 1770. Valerius Maximus (Ca. 20 B.C.-50 A.D.). Ex LIBRIS閱讀更多

Selecta Senecae philosophi opera

Latin with a French translation. Maroon morocco leather binding. 12mo. [4], 320 p.The spine gilt with a contrasting label, the boards panelled with a triple line roll with samll corner tools. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, silk marker. Clean pages. A lovely copy. Great Finnish ex Libris閱讀更多