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Set of 39 18th Century Italian Vellum Books
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful 39 volumes set of 18th century Italian Vellum Books. A wonderful addition to any
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Nice Collection of 18th/ 19th Century Weathered Spanish/ Italian Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of four extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/ Italy 18th / 19th century
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18th Century Spanish Antique Italian Books

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Parchment Paper

Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers
By John H. Fairfield, Willibaldd Leo Frh-v-Lütgendorff, Dirk J. Balfoort
Located in valatie, NY
Three books on Violins and Violin Makers. Known Violin Makers by John H. Fairfield. New York: The
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Early 20th Century German Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books
By Alfonso Maria De Liguori, Vivien, R.P. Michael
Located in valatie, NY
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books. 1.) Sermoni Per Tutte Le Domeniche Dell' Anno
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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper, Animal Skin

Antique Books circa 1696, The Life of Leopold I Hapsburg
Located in Opole, PL
antique books are in good condition. There are additional graphics on the title page of the first volume
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

4 Antique 18th & 19th French Hard Back Leather Bound Books Paris France
Located in Dayton, OH
"Lot of four 18th and 19th century French language hard cover books / novels, dating from 1768 to
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19th Century Antique Italian Books

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Paper

18th-C. Georgian Large Leather & Faux Marble Latin Religious Books, S/2 Library
Located in Kennesaw, GA
These are a wonderful addition to a library or study! The two books date to 1777 or the era of
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Late 18th Century German George III Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This late 18th century collection of 55 books, bound in animal hide and vellum, is pleasing to both
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin, Paper

Italian Sketches and New Italian Sketches by John Addington Symonds
Located in valatie, NY
This set of antique books were published in England by Leipzig Gernhard Tauchnitz in 1883 and 1884
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19th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
for Italy. In both books his delicate and graceful vignettes, which are miracles of fine detail, seem
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19th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Antique Book La Divina Commedia, Italian Language, Dante, Divine Comedy, 1855
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Divine Comedy by Dante (1265 - 1321). An Italian language, bound
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Italian Rare Edition of Historia Dell'Armi Imperiali from Venice 1687
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare antique Italian edition of HISTORIA DEGL'AVENIMENTI DELL'ARMI IMPERIALI CONTRO A'RIBELLI, ET
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

19th Century Two Italian Volumes Monumenti Di Tutti I Popoli by Ernest Breton
Located in Sofia, BG
Two volumes 'Monumenti di tutti i popoli" written by Breton in Italian language. Quite good
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
methods of Italian gardening. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line drawings and splendid colour
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19th Century Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton (Book)
Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton (Book)
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H 10.5 in W 7.75 in D 1.5 in
The Works of Machiavelli (in Italian) 10 Leather Volumes Published: 1804, Milan
Located in San Francisco, CA
The works of Machiavelli in Italian, 10 volumes, published in Milan, 1804. 3/4 leather boards with
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Early 1800s Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

The Clarance H. Mackay Collection, Italian Schools, by William R. Valentiner
Located in Tarrytown, NY
56 Photogravure plates. Privately printed in 1926 by Witherspoon & Co. Cover bound in Moroccan crimson leather with gilt flower motifs. Privately printed catalogue limited to 100 nu...
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1920s Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Trollope, A Decade of Italian Women, First Edition, 2 Vols. 1859 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: TROLLOPE, T. Adolphus. Title: A Decade of Italian Women. Publisher: London: Chapman
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1850s British Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Trollope, Home & Haunts of the Italian Poets, 2 Vols. 1st Ed 1881 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TROLLOPE, Frances Eleanor & T. Adolphus. TITLE: The Home and Haunts of The Italian
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1880s British Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Mid-17th c. Pig Vellum Book c.1667 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
dated 1903. CREATOR Unknown. Possibly Italy. DATE OF MANUFACTURE Pub.1667. MATERIALS AND
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17th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin, Paper

1776 R.P. Vincentii Houdry, E Societate Jesu Bibliotheca (All 5 Vols Bound as 1)
Located in Victoria, BC
Bound in Vellum, here is a beautiful and oversized book by R.P. Vincentii Houdry entitled E Societate Jesu Bibliotheca Concionatoria Complectens Panegyricas Orationes Sanctorum. Roug...
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1770s Italian Antique Italian Books

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Leather

The Etruscans Hardcover Book by Mario Torelli 1st Ed. 2001 Rizzoli
Located in North Hollywood, CA
significant ethnic group who resided in ancient Etruria, current-day Tuscany and Umbria in Italy. A well
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Early 20th Century Italian Expressionist Antique Italian Books

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Paper

antique book, the Picturesque Botany. 1929 edition
Located in Felino, IT
la botanica pittoresca 1929 . publisher Sonzogno, author Lo Forte Giacomo. subtitle Biological and systematic exposition of the plant kingdom. milan societa' editrice Sonzogno. 997 i...
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1920s Italian Regency Revival Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Vintage 1928 Pirated Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence. Published by Privately Printed , Florence., Italy., 1928
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1920s Italian Art Deco Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Pompei, Past and Present by P. Beccarini, First Edition
By Luigi Fischetti, P. Beccarini
Located in valatie, NY
antique book in remarkable condition. Most available copies are re-prints. NPT Books, a division of N.P
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Cast Iron Book Press with Brass Handle and Newer Wood Base
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast iron book press with brass handle and newer wood base. Nice pin striping. Great Condition.
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Italian Books

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Brass, Iron

Regulations for Artillery Inventories, Turin 1848
Located in Torino, IT
Regulations for the inventories of artillery material - Part I. Approved by General Villamarina, dedicated to Count Carlo Maffei di Boglio. F.lli Catellazzo typography. Turin, 184...
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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Located in Middletown, NY
An early illustrated edition of Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso (1544 – 1595) "La Gerusalemme Liberata; Di Torquato Tasso – Figurata da Bernardo Castello – con le annotationi ...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
H 11.75 in W 7.88 in D 2.5 in
Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Located in Delft, NL
Biblia cum concordantijs veteris & novi testamenti & sacrorum canonum, 1519 A Bible by auteur Alberto da Castello, printed by Luca-Antonio Giunta, Latin Anno 1519, Venice 27-53...
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16th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622
Located in Middletown, NY
Giovanni Pietro Olina. UCCELLIERA; Overo discorso della natura e proprietà di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, allevargli...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Comedy, Dante Alighieri, Talice from Ricaldone, 1886
Located in Torino, IT
The Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, with the unpublished commentary by S. Talice da Ricaldone. First Edition commissioned by King Umberto I. Publisher Vincenzo Bona. Turin, 1886 Ori...
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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

19th Century Album Containing Drawings, Memorabilia, and Botanical Samples
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely example of an intimate 19th century memorabilia album illustrating the era's sensibilities for nature and antiquities, and bound in an exquisite blank album with miniature v...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Gold Leaf

C Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolae Et Panegyricus, 1712
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare and ‘old’ antiquarian book, C Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolae et Panegyricus dated 1712. Published by Johannus Minellii in 1712. Covered and bound in v...
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Early 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Antique Book Set, 13 Vols Charles Dickens Novels, English, Fiction, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
fiction books, dating to the Victorian period, published 1866 to 1868. Synonymous with the social fabric
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini in 2 volumes. Published: 1906 by Brentanos.
Located in San Francisco, CA
(1500-1571) was an Italian Renaissance goldsmith, sculptor, and author whose most famous works include
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Early 1900s Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Tales of a Traveler by Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving) 2 Volumes 1st Edition
By Washington Irving
Located in San Francisco, CA
, it then tells the back stories of people from literary scholars to Italian bandits finishing with
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1820s English Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence - PIRATED EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
top of boards sunned, t.e.g., rest uncut. First published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in France
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Early 20th Century American Antique Italian Books

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Paper, Leather

Description of the city of Delft, by Dirck can Bleyswijck - ILLUSTRATED, 1667
Located in Middletown, NY
he had wished to undertake a tour of the Netherlands, France and Italy, he fell ill and decided to
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Italian Books

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Gold Leaf

Porcelain, a Sketch of its Nature Art and Manufacture, 1906, First Edition
By William Burton
Located in valatie, NY
manufacturing of porcelain; Chinese, Japanese, German, Danish, Swedish, Russian, Hungarian, Italian and Swiss
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Early 20th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 Volumes, Numbered Limited Edition #483/1000
Located in valatie, NY
of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375). The book was
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Late 19th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Edgar Chahine / Gongourt Bros. – Soeur Philomène
Located in Middletown, NY
CHAHINE (1874-1947) was a French artist and engraver of Armenian descent who studied in Italy before
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Early 19th Century French Antique Italian Books

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Copper

All_vellum Copy of R. L. Stevenson's Virginibus Puerisque
Located in Middletown, NY
mission to produce “beautiful books in the choicest types,” but in somewhat larger and less costly
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Early 20th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Gold Leaf

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Trade Edition, in Dust Jacket
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
American Lieutenant serving as an ambulance driver in Italy struggling through love and war. The story is
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1920s American Modern Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Antique Book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford, English, Georgian, 1810
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Italy - with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, and the satirical novel Azemia. Presented in good antique
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Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavelli - SECOND EDITION - 1695
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Secretary of Florence. Written originaIly [sic] in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated
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1690s British Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Vintage Folio, Civil Architecture, English, Sir William Chambers, Reproduction
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Italy, his return to Britain in 1755 saw the opening of an architecture practice in London. Treatise on
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Late 19th Century British Mid-Century Modern Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ..scoltura e pittura
Located in Middletown, NY
letters to literary figures of his era such as Francesco Sansovino and Aretino, to Italian painters
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16th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Cervantes, Miguel de — Don Quixote — 4 volume set
Located in Middletown, NY
1605 and was immediately pirated and was published in England, France and Italy even before the second
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Late 18th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Large Antique Photo Album with Wooden Carved Cover, Brienz ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Italy / Tyrol with Steiner, in Germany with Madel and in Austria with Heissl. Their wood-carving art
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Italian Books

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Wood

Petrarch — Phisicke against Fortune
Located in Middletown, NY
practical manual of moral philosophy, and was widely read until the 17th c." (Oxford Companion to Italian
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16th Century English Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Petrarch — Phisicke against Fortune
Petrarch — Phisicke against Fortune
H 2 in W 7.5 in D 5.63 in
Vintage Baedeker's Guide, Tyrol & Dolomites, English Language, Published 1927
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
range of Italy. Displays a time worn appearance, with some minor page separation, but largely intact
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1920s German Victorian Antique Italian Books

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Paper

John Addington Symonds, the Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi, 1890, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
plated depicting Italian comedy, bound in 1/2 green morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, top edges gilt
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1890s British Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Trollope, T. Adolphus, Filippo Strozzi, First Edition, 1860 Leather Bound !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Italian Liberty. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1860. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8" x 5
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1860s British Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Ovid, Lettres Des Amoureuses, Art Nouveau Illustrations, Binding by R. Kieffer
Located in Middletown, NY
. Manuel orazi (1860–1934) was a French painter, illustrator, poster designer and decorator of Italian
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Early 20th Century French Antique Italian Books

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Gold Leaf

Works of F. Crawford in 5 Volumes Bound in Blue Morocco Leather with Gilt Spines
Located in San Francisco, CA
born in Italy, the son of a sculptor. The set includes some of his better known works such as Children
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Late 19th Century American Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, Later Printing, 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
American Lieutenant serving as an ambulance driver in Italy struggling through love and war. The story is
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1920s American Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, 44 engraved 'cupid' plates each with a facing quatrain of engraved verse in Latin, English, Italian
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1750s British Antique Italian Books

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Leather

VERINEAU ( Gerda Wegener ) - Douze Sonnets Lascifs - LIMITED EDITION - 1925
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
friend, an Italian officer. Over the years most of the aquarelles were lost or bought by collectors. The
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1920s French Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Le Arti D'oggi: Architettura e Arti Decorative in Europa (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
, with text in Italian. There are 22 pages of text but the majority of the book is dedicated to
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Early 20th Century Antique Italian Books

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Paper

First Edition Guthrie's Geographical Grammmar in Miniature, 1807
Located in Langweer, NL
Netherlands"), Prussia and Poland, the German Empire and Switzerland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, East Indies
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Early 19th Century Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Catalogue of Engraved Views, Plans, Etc., Of New York City, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
stamping to spine and front cover, deckled edged pages, Italian Fabriano paper. Percy Pyne II was a famous
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Early 20th Century American Antique Italian Books

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Paper

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