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Set of 39 18th Century Italian Vellum Books
Set of 39 18th Century Italian Vellum Books

Set of 39 18th Century Italian Vellum Books

Located in Round Top, TX

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

Materials

Paper

Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books

Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books

By Vivien, R.P. Michael, Alfonso Maria De Liguori

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

Materials

Paper, Animal Skin

Amazing Collection of 18th / 19th Century Weathered Vellum Books
Amazing Collection of 18th / 19th Century Weathered Vellum Books

Amazing Collection of 18th / 19th Century Weathered Vellum Books

Located in Buisson, FR

Amazing collection of 5 extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/Italy 18th/ 19th century

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18th Century Antique Italian Books

Materials

Parchment Paper

Amazing Collection of 17th / 18th Century Weathered Vellum Books
Amazing Collection of 17th / 18th Century Weathered Vellum Books

Amazing Collection of 17th / 18th Century Weathered Vellum Books

Located in Buisson, FR

Amazing collection of 5 extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/Italy 17th/ 18th century

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17th Century Antique Italian Books

Materials

Parchment Paper

Antique Books circa 1696, The Life of Leopold I Hapsburg
Antique Books circa 1696, The Life of Leopold I Hapsburg

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

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection

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

Materials

Animal Skin, Paper

Italian Sketches and New Italian Sketches by John Addington Symonds
Italian Sketches and New Italian Sketches by John Addington Symonds

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

Materials

Leather

Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems
Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems

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

Materials

Leather, Paper

Italian Rare Edition of Historia Dell'Armi Imperiali from Venice 1687
Italian Rare Edition of Historia Dell'Armi Imperiali from Venice 1687

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

Materials

Paper

Maxfield PARRISH & Edith WHARTON - Italian Villas and Their Gardens
Maxfield PARRISH & Edith WHARTON - Italian Villas and Their Gardens

Maxfield PARRISH & Edith WHARTON - Italian Villas and Their Gardens

Located in Middletown, NY

FIRST EDITION of Italian Villas and Their Gardens; Illustrated with Pictures by Maxfield Parrish

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Early 20th Century American Antique Italian Books

Materials

Paper

Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton (Book)
Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton (Book)

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

Materials

Paper

Antique Grand Tour Faux Book of Intaglios by Pietro Paoletti
Antique Grand Tour Faux Book of Intaglios by Pietro Paoletti

Antique Grand Tour Faux Book of Intaglios by Pietro Paoletti

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

intriguing book encloses thirty-eight classically themed Italian medallions surrounded by a gilt border on a

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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Italian Books

Materials

Plaster

Raphael Vatican Rooms – Le Pitture delle Stanze Vaticane
Raphael Vatican Rooms – Le Pitture delle Stanze Vaticane

Raphael Vatican Rooms – Le Pitture delle Stanze Vaticane

Located in Middletown, NY

Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio Le Pitture delle Stanze Vaticane di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino; incise a contorno in 56 tavole Rome: P.P. Montagnani, 1853. Folio, 16 5/8 x 11 inches (42...

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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati
Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati

Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati

Located in Middletown, NY

Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati, esistenti nella Imperial Regia Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia Venice: Tipografia di Gius...

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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

The Etruscans Hardcover Book by Mario Torelli 1st Ed. 2001 Rizzoli
The Etruscans Hardcover Book by Mario Torelli 1st Ed. 2001 Rizzoli

The Etruscans Hardcover Book by Mario Torelli 1st Ed. 2001 Rizzoli

Located in Moreno Valley, 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

Materials

Paper

1776 R.P. Vincentii Houdry, E Societate Jesu Bibliotheca (All 5 Vols Bound as 1)
1776 R.P. Vincentii Houdry, E Societate Jesu Bibliotheca (All 5 Vols Bound as 1)

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

Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae, Annibale CARRACCI, 1753 - oversized folio
Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae, Annibale CARRACCI, 1753 - oversized folio

Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae, Annibale CARRACCI, 1753 - oversized folio

Located in Middletown, NY

Carracci's frescoes at Palazzo Farnese in Rome Rome: Venantius Monaldinus, 1753. First Edition. Oversized folio, 17 1/4 x 12 inches (438 x 304 mm); half title, engraved portrait o...

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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Boccaccio – Douze nouvelles de Messire Jean Boccace Seigneur Florentin
Boccaccio – Douze nouvelles de Messire Jean Boccace Seigneur Florentin

Boccaccio – Douze nouvelles de Messire Jean Boccace Seigneur Florentin

Located in Middletown, NY

influential both in Italy and outside —The Canterbury Tales, for example. ALFRED LE PETIT (1841–1909) was a

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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Regulations for Artillery Inventories, Turin 1848
Regulations for Artillery Inventories, Turin 1848

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

Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519

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

Materials

Paper

Views of Florence and Tuscany by Lorenzo Bardi, c. 1840
Views of Florence and Tuscany by Lorenzo Bardi, c. 1840

Views of Florence and Tuscany by Lorenzo Bardi, c. 1840

Located in Middletown, NY

Nuova Raccolta delle più interessanti Vedute della Città di Firenze con alcune altre della Toscana Florence: Lorenzo Bardi, c 1840. Oblong quarto, 7 3/4 11 inches (195 x 280 mm). 1...

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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata

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

Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622
Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622

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

19th Century Album Containing Drawings, Memorabilia, and Botanical Samples
19th Century Album Containing Drawings, Memorabilia, and Botanical Samples

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
C Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolae Et Panegyricus, 1712

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

Victorian Tortoise Shell Desk Box W/  3 Italian Faux Tortoise Leather Books
Victorian Tortoise Shell Desk Box W/  3 Italian Faux Tortoise Leather Books

Victorian Tortoise Shell Desk Box W/ 3 Italian Faux Tortoise Leather Books

Located in Kennesaw, GA

three Italian faux tortoise leather notebooks. The notebooks have not been used. They most likely date

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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Italian Books

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Tortoise Shell, Leather, Paper

Antique Gothic Rare Illuminated Antiphonal Leaves on Vellum, Italy 14th-15th C.
Antique Gothic Rare Illuminated Antiphonal Leaves on Vellum, Italy 14th-15th C.

Antique Gothic Rare Illuminated Antiphonal Leaves on Vellum, Italy 14th-15th C.

Located in Doha, QA

manuscript leaves on vellum, originating from Italian choir books of the late 14th to early 15th century

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15th Century and Earlier Italian Gothic Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

3 Volumes. Abate Luigi Lanzi, The History of Painting in Italy.
3 Volumes. Abate Luigi Lanzi, The History of Painting in Italy.

3 Volumes. Abate Luigi Lanzi, The History of Painting in Italy.

Located in New York, NY

3 Volumes. Abate Luigi Lanzi, The History of Painting in Italy. Bound in 3/4 white calf with

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Mid-19th Century British Antique Italian Books

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Leather

Set of Three Italian Books Operre Di Metastatio, 1819
Set of Three Italian Books Operre Di Metastatio, 1819

Set of Three Italian Books Operre Di Metastatio, 1819

Located in Austin, TX

A set of 3 theater books in Italian published by Presso Seguin Aine in 1819. Black and gold leather

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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Assortment of Italian Vellum Books
Assortment of Italian Vellum Books

Assortment of Italian Vellum Books

Located in Fredericksburg, TX

Timeless assortment of Vellum books. We have a wide variety of sizes, the price listed is the cost

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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Italian Books

18th Century Vellum Books in a Collection of Six Books
18th Century Vellum Books in a Collection of Six Books

18th Century Vellum Books in a Collection of Six Books

Located in Nashville, TN

Collection of 6 Vellum books are all similar in size and date from the 17th and 18th Century. I

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin, Paper

11 Volumes of 18th Century Vellum Books
11 Volumes of 18th Century Vellum Books

11 Volumes of 18th Century Vellum Books

Located in Nashville, TN

Collection of 11 Volumes of Vellum books from the 18th century. The books are all vellum.

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

18th Century Set of Three Vellum Books
18th Century Set of Three Vellum Books

18th Century Set of Three Vellum Books

Located in Nashville, TN

Three volumes in a set of vellum books from the 18th century.

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18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

17th and 18th Century Collection of Eight Vellum Books
17th and 18th Century Collection of Eight Vellum Books

17th and 18th Century Collection of Eight Vellum Books

Located in Nashville, TN

A very nice collection of vellum books from the 17th and 18th century in a set of eight books. All

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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

18th Century Vellum Books in a Collection of Three
18th Century Vellum Books in a Collection of Three

18th Century Vellum Books in a Collection of Three

Located in Nashville, TN

Collection of three vellum books consist of two larger books and one smaller book. All Vellum books

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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

17th and 18th Century Collection of Six Vellum Books
17th and 18th Century Collection of Six Vellum Books

17th and 18th Century Collection of Six Vellum Books

Located in Nashville, TN

A nice set of all Vellum books in a set of six books from the 17th and 18th century. All Vellum

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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

17th and 18th Century Vellum Books Collection of Three
17th and 18th Century Vellum Books Collection of Three

17th and 18th Century Vellum Books Collection of Three

Located in Nashville, TN

A nice collection of vellum books from the 17th and 18th century in a set of three.

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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

17th and 18th Century Collection of Four All Vellum Books
17th and 18th Century Collection of Four All Vellum Books

17th and 18th Century Collection of Four All Vellum Books

Located in Nashville, TN

A collection of all vellum books from the 17th and 18th century in a set of four. All Vellum books

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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

17th and 18th Century Collection of Eight All Vellum Books
17th and 18th Century Collection of Eight All Vellum Books

17th and 18th Century Collection of Eight All Vellum Books

Located in Nashville, TN

A collection of all vellum books in a smaller size from the 17th and 18th century in a collection

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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

Pair of Psalteriums
Pair of Psalteriums

Pair of Psalteriums

Unavailable|$14,400

Pair of Psalteriums

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Exceptional pair of Psalm Books printed in Italy for a Monastery in Quincy, Illinois created of rag

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19th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

Vintage 1928 Pirated Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence Book
Vintage 1928 Pirated Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence Book

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

libro antico, la Botanica pittoresca. edizione del 1929
libro antico, la Botanica pittoresca. edizione del 1929

libro antico, la Botanica pittoresca. edizione del 1929

Located in Felino, IT

la botanica pittoresca 1929 . editore Sonzogno, autore Lo Forte Giacomo. sottotitolo Esposizione biologica e sistematica del regno vegetale. milano societa' editrice Sonzogno. 997 il...

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1920s Italian Regency Revival Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Cast Iron Book Press with Brass Handle and Newer Wood Base
Cast Iron Book Press with Brass Handle and Newer Wood Base

Cast Iron Book Press with Brass Handle and Newer Wood Base

Located in Round Top, TX

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

17th century Vellum Book
17th century Vellum Book

17th century Vellum Book

Unavailable|$546

17th century Vellum Book

Located in London, GB

17th century vellum covered book written in Latin on Natural History of Medcine. Printed 1676

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17th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

17th Century Large All Vellum Book with Music Score Pages with Iron Closures
17th Century Large All Vellum Book with Music Score Pages with Iron Closures

17th Century Large All Vellum Book with Music Score Pages with Iron Closures

Located in Nashville, TN

Large all Vellum Music Score, Circa 1680, book with iron latches in a very impressive size and detail. Inside the 17th Century vellum book are pages printed with red and black notes...

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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Italian Books

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Animal Skin

Valuable "Romanum Missale" Missal from  Printed in 1633 outside to restaure
Valuable "Romanum Missale" Missal from  Printed in 1633 outside to restaure

Valuable "Romanum Missale" Missal from Printed in 1633 outside to restaure

By Simonis Belgrand

Located in Diest, Vlaams Brabant

Romanum Missale Missal dated 1633 With dozens of capital Letters with engraved images Editor: Simonis Belgrand Outside leather an first pages in a very bad condition Copper ...

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Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Hide Books
Hide Books

Hide Books

Unavailable|$2,400 / set

Hide Books

Located in East Hampton, NY

Hand made hide books

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19th Century Italian International Style Antique Italian Books

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Papier Mâché, Paper

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