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[Vitrvvivs itervm et Frontinvs à Iocvndo revisi repvrgatiqve qvantvm ex collatione licvit]. Collection of Architectural Woodcuts from the first Giunta edition...

[Florence: Giunta, 1513]. First octavo edition. Incomplete copy of an important edition of Vitruvius, with the woodcut illustrations in reduction from the 1511 edition. Read More about [Vitrvvivs itervm et Frontinvs à Iocvndo revisi repvrgatiqve qvantvm ex collatione licvit]....

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Accademia d’Armi da Eseguirsi il Giorno Ventisei Agosto in San Zeno in Monte Dalli Signori Alunni del Collegio de’Molto RR...

[Verona]: 1795. Exceedingly rare advertisement broadside for a fencing performance organized and directed by Benedetto Lauberg, fencing teacher. The broadside lists the attendants and notes that there will be a dance interlude. Read More about Accademia d’Armi da Eseguirsi il Giorno Ventisei Agosto in San Zeno in Monte Dalli Signori...

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The Last Days of Pompeii.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First American edition. Bulwer-Lytton’s most celebrated novel, one which virtually established a new genre of historical fiction. Inspired by his visit to the studio of the Russian painter Karl Bryullov at Rome, where an enormous canvas representing the catastrophe was hung. Read More about The Last Days of Pompeii

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An Anti-Slavery Milestone

Il supplice schiavo indiano ... tradotto in Italiano per opera di Marco Ginammi.

Venice: Appresso Marco Ginammi, 1636. First edition in Italian. An Anti-Slavery Milestone. Bartoloméo de Las Casas, the great Spanish priest and advocate of the Indians, had witnessed the atrocities committed by the Spaniards in the New World, and upon his return to Spain he initiated a series of attacks on..... Read More about Il supplice schiavo indiano ... tradotto in Italiano per opera di Marco Ginammi

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Di alcuni scritti pubblicati da Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna Veneziano dall'anno MDCCCVIII al MDCCCL.

[Venice: Molinari], 1850. First edition. Scarce bibliography of the works of the Venetian historian and antiquarian Cicogna (1789-1868). OCLC locates only 2 copies in the US. the attribution comes from NUC (via OCLC). Read More about Di alcuni scritti pubblicati da Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna Veneziano dall'anno MDCCCVIII al MDCCCL

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Compendio di Geografia Moderna, accresciuta delle ultime scoperte &c. Ad uso del Collegio Nazerno di Roma.

Venice: 1800. Seconda edizione Veneta. School geography, based upon earlier geographies printed at Rome by Zempel. The last chapter discusses “Nuovo Scoperte” including short accounts of Cook’s voyages and discoveries in the Antarctic regions. Only one copy recorded in OCLC. Read More about Compendio di Geografia Moderna, accresciuta delle ultime scoperte &c. Ad uso del Collegio...

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Letter signed to Marie de' Medici offering condolences on the assassination of her husband, Henry IV.

Florence: 26 May, 1610. A heartfelt letter of condolence to his cousin, the widow of Henry IV of France. In addition, Cosimo (the Duke of Tuscany) has also sent his secretary, Andrea Cioli, and offers the assistance of the house of Medici: "di tutta questa sua Casa." Marie de' Medici and... Read More about Letter signed to Marie de' Medici offering condolences on the assassination of her husband, Henry IV

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