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Andreucci, G.A. Pratica di confessare, ed obbligazione d'istruire il popolo nell cose della Santa Fede. Diretta principalmente a parochi, e confessori delle ville. Venezia, G. Corona, 1737. 6 lvs., 180 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half vellum, sides covered with decorated paper (very slightly rubbed). (# 5282)

De Backer-Sommervogel I, 358 No. 22. First edition. The Italian Jesuit Andrea Girolamo Andreucci (Viterbo 1684 - Rome 1771), was the author of many theological and philosophical works. The last leaf contains a list of other books of Andreucci printed by the same printer. - Charming binding.

Audran, Benoît I (Lyon 1661-Louzouer 1721). David and Goliath, after Daniele da Volterra. 1716. Large oblong engraving of David, brandishing a sword, keeps Goliath on the ground while grabbing him by the hair. Lettered below immage: "A monseigneur le Prince de Chelamar...Ministre de son Conseil privé, Grand Ecuier de la Reine, et Ambassadeur en France. etc. Benoît Audran, graveur ordin.re du Roy, dedie cette copie d'une des deux peintûres de Michel Ange Buonarrotta qu'occuppent les surfaces d'une grande pierre, representant le même sujet du combat de David et de Goliath en deux differentes attitudes, laquelle a eté presenté par son Ex.ce a Louis le Grand, à Marly le 25. Juillet de l'année 1715 au Nom de Monseigr. Judice son frere, Grand maître du Palais Apostolique. A Paris chés Le Pere et Vaulée rue St. Jacques à la ville de Rouan". 36,1 x 42,2 cm. (# 5860)

Cf. I.F.F. XVIII, I, 225, No. 24 (other state). Cf. Le Blanc I, 73, No. 26 (other state). In database British Museum. State with later publication address: probably state 2 (of 2), published in Paris and Rouen by Le Père & Avaulez. Wrongly attributed to Michelangelo on plate. The original painting, oil on slate, by the Italian painter Daniele da Volterra (Volterra 1509-Roma 1566), is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Da Volterra, a close friend and follower of Michelangelo, painted a picture of David and Goliath on both sides of the stone. This original painting remained in Italy until 1715, year in which Louis XIV received it as a diplomatic present. The present engraving is one of a pair of two, made after these paintings. Benoît Audran I was admitted to the Académie Royale in 1709. At the request of Louis XIV he made many prints after paintings in his Royal collection. The dedicatee Antonio del Giudice, Prince of Cellamare (1657-1733), a Spanish politician and statesman, was Spanish ambassador in France. He plotted to overthrow the Regent and was sent to the frontier in 1718. - Blank margins slightly discoloured. Sharp impression on thick paper, with ample margins. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Bartolozzi, Francesco (Firenze 1727-Lisbon 1815). Sacrificio, High Priest sacrificing a Ram, after Guercino. c. 1764. Large oblong etching; in the centre, a priest holding a dagger; on the right, a man leading a lamb; on the left, a bearded man preparing a pyre at the altar; three other figures behind them. Lettered at bottom "Guercino da Cento inv. F. Bartolozzi sc. Ex Collectione Comitis Antonii M. Zanetti qm. Hieron. F." 40,5 x 29,3 cm. (# 5864)

Calabi & De Vesme No. 2119.I. In database British Museum. State before plate number. Etching after a drawing by Guercino in the art collection of Count Antonio Maria Zanetti (1680-1767), a Venetian artist and art collector. The Italian and British printmaker and publisher Francesco Bartolozzi, worked from 1748 in Venice, briefly in Rome, moved to England in 1764 and worked as the official engraver to King George III. He co-founded the Royal Academy in 1768. In 1802, he was appointed as director of the Academy at Lisbon. Before his departure to London, Bartolozzi sold a series of 12 original copper plates with his etchings after drawings by Guercino, to Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), who, according to Calabi & De Vesme, erased the detail of sale at Venice and published the etchings with plate-numbers in "Raccolta di alcuni disegni di Barbieri da Cento detto il Guercino", Rome, 1764, which was reprinted several times. The Italian painter and draughtsman Giovanni Francesco Barbieri is better known as Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666). - Paper browned, good impression, with very large margins.

Basan, Pierre François (Paris 1723 - Paris 1797). Les muletiers des Alpes. Both pinxit, F. Basan excudit. Paris, chés (sic) Basan graveur, (no date, ca. 1770). Fine large etching by Basan after Jan Dirksz Both, showing a landscape in the Italian Alps, a river meandering through the mountains, ships, a village, large trees and muleteers with their mules in front. Large oblong folio. 26,6 x 39 cm. (# 5800)

I.F.F. II, 121 No. 122. Le Blanc, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, 191 No. 441. Fine print from the rich collections of Pierre François Basan (Paris 1723 - Paris 1797), engraver, etcher and especially publisher of prints. Jan Dirksz Both (Utrecht 1615/18 - Utrecht 1652), was a famous Dutch painter and etcher, who stayed several years in Rome and focused on pictures of Italian landscapes after his return ca. 1642 to the Dutch Republic. - Mounted, with margins; collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Bellarmino, (R.) Risposta a due libretti, una de'quali s'intitola: Risposta ... ad una lettera ... sopra il breve di censure dalla Santità di Paolo V, publicate contra li signori Venetiani. Et l'altro: Trattato, et resolutione sopra la validità delle scommuniche di Gio. Gersone ... tradotto dalla lingua Latina nella volgare ... Roma, G. Facciotto, 1606. Papal arms on title. 118 pp. 8vo. 20th century boards. (# 4942)

De Backer-Sommervogel I, 1208 No. 22. First collected edition of both works (both were published seperately by the same printer in the same year). The first work is a defence by Bellarmino of Pope Paul V in his conflict with Venice, whose government had promulgated two laws (1604 and 1605) which forbade the erection of religious buildings without the consent of the Senate and the donation or sale of secular property to the Church. The Pope excommunicated the Senate and put the city under the interdict. The second work is a refutation of a tract directed against J. Gerson about the validity of excommunication. Bellarmino was an admiror of the mystic teaching of Gerson. St. Robert Bellarmino (1542 - 1621), Jesuit, professor of theology at Louvain and Rome, cardinal and archbishop of Capua, was one of the greatest figures in the Roman Catholic Church in the latter years of the Counter-Reformation. His life was largely devoted to scholarship and controversy. - Stamp on title and ownership entry of the Monastery of Weingarten, dated 1674.

Berardi, Fabio (Siena 1728-Venice 1788). Italianate wooded river landscape with a shepherd and two women, a village with church in the background to the left, after Francesco Zuccarelli. Italy, between 1742-1788. Very large oblong etched and engraved pastoral scene, in foreground a standing shepherd with shepherd's pipe addresses two seated peasant women with a jar, resting beside a lake, at background to left an Italian village with church and a river, at bottom signed in the plate "Zuccarelli Pinx. Berardi Scul". 36,3 x 48,2 cm. (# 5857)

Thieme-Becker III, 368: "nach Zuccarelli (vier Landschaften mit Hirten)". Not in Le Blanc, Nagler. The Italian and British painter Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702-Florence 1788), worked in Rome, settled 1732 in Venice where he became famous as one of the most desired landscape painters of the 18th century; from 1752-1773 he lived in England, where he was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in London; 1773 he settled in Florence. The Italian printmaker Fabio Berardi (Burradi), moved to Venice c. 1742. - Sharp impression on watermarked laid paper. Small margins, right lower blank corner nearly cut to plate-mark, just touching word "Scul". On verso handwritten annotation: "1832 18. Dec. ...".

(Berti, G.L.) pseud. Guidone Zoccolante. Lettera a Frate Zaccaria Gesuito nella quale si dimostra chi sieno que' religiosi, che debbonsi chiamar Frati. Cosmopoli (Massa), all' Insegna della Stella (Reggente Pappalardo), 1751. 77, 1 pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, back with label. (# 4987)

Melzi I, 478 col. II. Reusch, Index II, 838. Cf. De Backer-Sommervogel VIII 1392 (variant edition with 68 pp.). Not in Willaert. Very rare, placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. An attack on Fr. Ant. Zaccaria, well-known Italian Jesuit scholar, after the publication of his work "Storia Letteraria d'Italia" (1750), in which he accused Giov. Lorenzo Berti of Jansenism. Although Giov. Lorenzo Berti from Seravezza (1696 - 1766) denied to have written the present answer, the work is generally attributed to him. Berti, an Augustine friar, was professor in Pisa and the author of several other books, which are mentioned in Willaert.

Bona, J. De missae sacrificio tractatus asceticus... Cui accessit testamentum ejusdem auctoris. Romae, J.M. Salvioni, Typograph. Vaticanum, 1741. With engraved frontispiece by M. Limpach after G.D. Campiglia and one plate depicting the Last Supper. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12, 272 pp., 1 lf.; 63 pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf (rubbed). (# 4619)

Cf. Hurter IV, 311. Giovanni Bona (Mondovi in Piemont 1609 - Rome 1674), belonged to the Cistercian Order, was a cardinal and a distinguised author of liturgical and ascetical works. - Occasionally slightly foxed.

Borel, Antoine (Paris 1743-after 1810). Jupiter et Danae, after Annibale Carracci. Paris, 1786. Engraving after a painting of Carracci, drawn by Antoine Borel and engraved by Noël Lemire, showing the nude Dana lying on a sofa in a shower of gold (disguise of Jupiter=Zeus) and a cupido, with inscription "Peint par Annibal Carrache, Dessiné par Borel, Gravé par N. Le Mire ... Jupiter et Danae, De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, A.P.D.R. Ecole de Lombardie". c. 19,5 x 22,4 cm. (# 5815)

Plate from: Couché, Jacques/Abbé de Fontenal, Galerie du Palais Royale gravée d'après les tableaux des différentes Écoles ...Paris, 1786 - 1808. The paintings of the Galerie du Palais Royale were reproduced in engravings and etchings, before being sold in England during the Revolution. - Slightly foxed.

Borel, Antoine (Paris 1743-after 1810). Jupiter et Danaé, after Antonio da Correggio. Paris, 1786 - 1808. Engraving after a famous painting of Antonio da Correggio, drawn by Antoine Borel and engraved by Ph. Triere, showing the nude Dana sitting on a sofa in a shower of gold (disguise of Jupiter=Zeus), with amor and 2 cupid's, with inscription: "Peint par A. Correge, Dessiné par Borel, Gravé par Ph. Triere, Jupiter et Danaé. De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans. A.P.D.R. Ecole de Lombardie." c. 17,5 x 22,3 cm. (# 5816)

Copy in reverse of a painting of 1531 by Antonio da Correggio , now in the Galeria Borghese in Rome. Plate from: Couché, Jacques/Abbé de Fontenal, Galerie du Palais Royale gravée d'après les tableaux des différentes Écoles ...Paris, 1786 - 1808. The paintings of the Galerie du Palais Royale were reproduced in engravings and etchings, before being sold in England during the Revolution.

Carracci, Annibale (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609). Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma del sereniss. duca di Parma ... dipinta da Annibale Carracci, intagliata da Carlo Cesio. Roma, Arnold van Westerhout, (no date, c. 1700). Series of 33 (of 44) very fine large engraved plates on 19 leaves, showing Baroque mural paintings and decorations in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, engraved by Carlo Cesio (Cesi) after mural paintings by Annibale Carracci. Large folio. (# 5825)

Bartsch XXI, 108-114, Nos. 21-64. Cf. Fuhring Nos. 8993-9038. The Gallery of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, painted by Annibale Carracci for cardinal Odoardo Farnese in 1597, was engraved by Carlo Cesio (Rieti 1626 - Rieti 1686) and published c. 1657 by Collignon. According to Fuhring this is the third edition with the name of the publisher Arnold van Westerhout (Antwerp 1651-Rome 1725), who replaced Collignon's name by his own. The plates, which are numbered 1-30, show beautiful scenes from Greek mythology. Some plates have a repeated plate-number, other plates are without plate-number (see explanation by Bartsch and Fuhring). Bartsch Nos. 59, 62, 63 are combined in one large etching with plate-number 29; Bartsch Nos. 60, 61, 64 are combined in one large etching with plate-number 30. The Flemish publisher, printmaker and painter Arnold van Westerhout worked in Antwerp, Prague, c. 1692 in Florence and was active c. 1700 in Rome, where he also died. - Without engraved title-page and dedication to Carlo Ottoboni (missing in most copies) and without the following 11 plates: Bartsch Nos. 29.9, 30.10, 33.13, 36.16, 38.18, 39.19, 42.22, 43.22bis, 44.23, 45.23bis, 58.28. 17 plates, which were originally double-paged, are lightly brown on the former fold; 7 plates slightly foxed, light waterstain to 5 plates; tear in 2 plates, in one of them with loss of a small piece in blank lower part of plate; two small holes in one plate. About half of the plates with very big or very ample margins, and half of the plates with small margins are mounted.

Centorio (degli Hortensii), A. Discorsi di guerra, divisi in cinque libri. (Parts I-III) Nel primo si contiene l'officio d'un generale d'essercito; nel secondo, l'ordine del medesimo per espugnare una provincia; nel terzo, si tratta della qualità del mastro di campo. Vinegia (Venice), G. Giolito de' Ferrari, 1568. Large woodcut printer's mark on the 3 titles and a different one at the end of part II and III. Some nice ornamental initials and head-pieces. 3 (of 5) parts in 1 volume. 6 lvs., 24 pp.; 8 lvs., 58 pp., 1 lf.; 8 lvs., 62 pp., 1 lf. 4to. Modern boards. (# 4874)

STC of Italian Books 165 (only part I-III). Edit 16 on-line No. 10797. Cf. Bongi, Giolito II, 226. Cf. Riccardi I, 339. Cf. Cockle No. 524. The first edition of this military work appeared 1558-1562 in 5 discourses at the same printer, of which the first three discourses are here in a later edition; the fourth and fifth discourse were not reprinted again. So to complete our edition, sometimes part IV and V from 1559 and 1562 respectively were used. This is the reason that it is difficult to find the 5 discourses complete (See: Brunet I, 1738). The Italian poet and historian Ascanio Centorio degli Hortensii, a native of Rome, lived in the middle of the 16th century and pursued a military career in different countries. - Old handwritten ownership entry on first title; lower margin of second title cropped with loss of date; slightly browned.

Denina, C. Delle rivoluzioni d'Italia libri ventiquattro. Venezia, G. Gatti, 1779. With engraved frontispiece by F. Ricci after P. Novello in the first volume and vignette on each title. 4 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, backs gilt with labels (some corners slightly damaged, small hole in 2 sides, slightly rubbed). (# 4227)

Popular history of the wars and revolutions in Italy from antiquity until the Peace of Utrecht and the author's own time. Contains also chapters on economy, trade, law, agriculture, the cultivation of rice, producing of silk and wool, arts, religion, and a lot of political history. Carlo Denina (1731 - 1813) was an Italian historian from Piemont. At the end of the last 3 volumes are lists of subscribers. - Library stamp on every title-page from the German collector Graf Waldbott von Bassenheim.

Dubosc, Claude (Paris 1682-London c. 1746). Susanna and the Elders. From the original picture, in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Annibal Carracci pinxit. Cl. Du Bosc sculpsit. London, John Boydell, March 25th 1778. Fine large engraving, showing Susanna sitting half naked next to a large fountain, seized by one of the elders, the other elder climbing over a ballustrade behind her; in the background a landscape with large building; 3 lines of engraved text underneath (see above), engraved by Claude Dubosc (Du Bosc) after Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609). 34,7 x 40,3 cm. (# 5828)

Cf. I.F.F. VII, 360 No.1, for the original state. Later state, published after Dubosc's death. Claude Dubosc or Du Bosc was a Paris engraver, who went to England in 1712. John Boydell (1719-1804) was the leading London print publisher of his time. - Good impression. Lightly browned, small stain in blank lower left corner. Trimmed to the plate-mark at lower margin, small margins at three other sides. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean (1750-1819). Entrée des Français a Venise, en floréal, an 5. (Paris, c. 1800). Fine large oblong etching depicting Napoleon's French Army upon entering Piazza San Marco in Venice on may 15th, 1797; etched by Duplessis-Bertaux and finished by Delaunay le jeune, after Carle Vernet. 30,5 x 42 cm. (# 5823)

IFF, Duplessi-Bertaux, 545. IFF, Launay, 237. From: Duplessi-Bertaux, Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie, Paris, 1799-1801. - Light brown stain in blank margin, with ample margins.

Fisher, Edward (Dublin 1730 - London ca. 1785). St. Matthew. Done from an original picture in the collection of Mr. Hone. Spagneletto pinx. E. Fisher fecit. London, Laurie & Whittle, 12. May 1794. Beautiful mezzotint engraving by Edward Fisher after Giuseppe Ribera, nicknamed il Spagnoletto, with plate-number 36; showing the bust of St.Matthew with white hair and beard, reading a book. ca. 33 x 23 cm. (# 5798)

Le Blanc II, 234 No. 1. Nagler V, 22 and XIV, 394. Thieme-Becker XII, 54 and XXVIII, 233. Edward Fisher (Dublin 1730 - London ca. 1785) was a brilliant Irish engraver of mezzotints. Giuseppe (Jusepe, José) de Ribera (Játiba ca. 1588-1590 - Naples ca. 1652-1656), with nick name "Lo Spagnoletto", little Spaniard, was a famous Spanish baroque painter, who worked in Naples. - Very lightly foxed, with ample margins; with collector's stamp on verso of the "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Florus, L. Julius. Rerum a Romanis gestarum libri IIII. A Ioanne Stadio emendati, et argumentis ad singula capita auctiores redditi. (Geneva, J. Chouet for) Lyon, F. Faber, 1594. Woodcut vignettes on titles. 2 parts in 1 vol. 182 pp., 9 (last blank) lvs.; 262 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. (# 1502)

Chaix, Dufour, Moeckli 141. Baudrier V, 508 (has only the first part). Not in the STC of French Books. Not in Adams. The esteemed commentary is by Joh. Stade (Loenhout in Brabant 1527-Paris 1579), who was professor of history and mathematics at Louvain, a pupil of Gemma Frisius, later on well-known as an excellent mathematician and astronomer at the Collège de France in Paris. The author Julius Florus is generally held to be identical with Publius Annaeus Florus. This work is in fact a compendium of Livy's Roman History. - Ownership entry dated 1643 on title and a few marginal annotations in the same handwriting; small tear in title.

Francisquina. Léandro, Harlequi(n) et Zany. Group of four Commedia del'Arte actors on stage. Germany, c. 1600. Anonymous engraving of four whole length figures, all named (see above); in the plate numbers 1-3, referring to 3 numbered columns of 6 lines in German verses spoken by the characters, underneath; above 3 columns of 4 lines of French verses spoken by the characters. 7,9 x 10,7 cm. (# 5856)

Katnitzky, The Art of Commedia 1560-1620, plate No. 43 and text 111-114. Very rare engraving with French and German verses spoken by the actors, representing a highlight from a particular Commedia dell' Arte performance. As Commedia dell' Arte performances had no written text and a performance required only the actors who improvised their dialogues on any type of stage or on no stage at all, this kind of early visual records has an exceptional documentary significance. Itinerant commedia troupes traveled throughout Europe. Only the characters, the plot and scenes were known beforehand. Often love was involved, like here the race between Harlequin, Zany and Leandro for the favours of Francisquina: Zany and Harlequin plot to attack Leandro only after he has been warned by Francisquina. It did not require a director, the characters were types, each wore a traditional costume, reciting stock speeches at appropriate places. "(Francisquina:) Gentil seigneur La(n)dre, appaisez vostre esmoÿ la pauvre Fra(n)cisquine/Pack dich Leandre edler Herr die Francisquinan nimmer mehr...(Léandro:) Francisquina mo(n) coeur, J'ai trop te(m)porisé/Francisqui(n)a schaw an mein Leidt, Ich arm blut hab zu lang gebeidt... (Harlequin:) L'espée au poig(), Zany, attaquons ce galant/Das..." - Cut to the plate mark.

Franco, N. Dialoghi piacevolissimi. Espurgati da Girolamo Gioannini da Capugnano Bolognese. Venetia, L. Spineda, 1606. With woodcut printer's mark on title and some nice historiated initials. Printed in italics. 8, 147, 1 (blank) lvs. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum. (# 4229)

Cf. Gamba No. 1403. Cf. Brunet II, 1377. Expurgated edition by Girolamo Gioannini. The first edition of 1539 was put on the Index. And the author was hung at the stake at Rome in 1569. Niccolo Franco (born 1505 in Benevento) was an Italian poet, whose works are written in a very critical and satirical way. The present book contains 10 dialogues on the gods from antiquity, rhetorica, philosophy, poets from antiquity, navigation, bacchanals, circus, etc. - Purchase entry dated 1635 by Gottfried Eichorn on title; slight waterstain to some leaves.

Galesinus, P. Il perfetto dittionario overo tesoro della lingua volgarlatina ... Con il Dittionario Latino, accomodato alle voci volgari, di M. Cesare Calderino... Accresciuto, et ampliato ... da Gio. Francesco Besozzo. Ricorretto, & arricchito delle Osservationi della Lingua Volgare di D. Andrea Salici, e dell' Ortografia d'Aldo Manutio: con un' Opuscoletto intitolato Mercurius Bilinguis. Venetia, (G.B.) Cestari, 1665. Woodcut printer's mark on each title. 4 parts in 1 volume. Pp. 1-476; pp. 477-704; 96 pp., 47, 1 pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum (a few light stains, lower spine-end very slightly damaged). (# 5054)

Collective volume of 2 important dictionaries and 2 other linguistic works on the Italian language. Each work has a separate title-page. Salici's work has the date 1664; The Mercurius Bilinguis, composed by W. Bates of Ireland, is also dated 1664; it contains a number of proverbs and has on the last page an"Alphabetum Graecum", surrounded by a typographical border. Calderinus' work is dated 1665. - The parts are bound in a wrong order. Occasionally slightly browned. Handwritten ownership entry on title of Salici; inside front-cover ownership entry: "ex libris Philippi Hermann".

Garzoni, T. La sinagoga de gl'ignoranti. Nuovamente ristampata, & con somma diligenza da molti errori espurgata. Venetia, G. Valentini & G.A. Giuliani, 1617. Woodcut printer's mark on title. 4 lvs., 80 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum. (# 4928)

Rare third separate edition of a most interesting booklet in which ignorance is examined, its kinds, properties and causes. It is further investigated what professions are practised by the ignorant and what is their function in society. Thomas Garzoni (1549 - 1589), Italian jurisconsult, was the author of a number of satirical works. - Blank corner of last two leaves repaired.

Gavanti, B. Thesaurus sacrorum rituum, seu commentaria in rubricas Missalis et Breviarii Romani ... In quibus origo cujusque ritus, causae historicae vel mysticae ... explicantur. Editio novissima recognita ... Accessit calendarium reformatum juxta decreta S. Rit. Congreg... Coloniae Agrippinae (Cologne), Fr. Metternich, 1734. First title printed in red and black, half-page engraving in the text showing an altar. 2 parts in 1 volume. 11 lvs., 287, 1 pp., 6 lvs.; 4 lvs., 258 pp., 11 lvs. Bound with: Gavanti, B. Enchiridion, seu manuale episcoporum, pro decretis in visitatione & synodo, de quacunque re condendis ... In qua Decreta Concilii Tridentini, bullarii pontificii ... Coloniae Agrippinae (Cologne), Fr. Metternich, 1733. 2 parts in 1 volume. 3 lvs., 236 pp.; 1 lf., 94 pp. Together 2 works in 1 volume. 4to. 19th century half calf, back with label (slightly rubbed). (# 4957)

Ad I: Good edition of the chief work of Bartolommeo Gavanti (Monza 1569 - Milan 1638), Barnabite liturgical scholar, who took an active part in the reform of the Breviary and Missal. In the present work he brings together much historical information on the origin and mystical significance of western liturgical practice. - Title stained and mounted; slightly browned. Ad II: With a section "Libri prohibiti" and "librorum editio". - Blank margins of last leaf repaired; small wormhole in a few leaves, touching a few letters; slightly browned.

Gelli, G.B. Capricci del bottaio ... Nuovamente corrretta, & tolto via tutto quello, che poteva offendere il bell'animo del pio lettore dal Rev. Padre Maestro Livio Legge, theolo-deputato dell'ordine di S. Agostino. Venetia, M. degli Alberti, alla Libraria della Speranza, 1605. Woodcut device on title, some nice initials. 8, 99 lvs. 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 4990)

Gamba No. 490, note. Brunet II, 1520. Curious expurgated version of this wellknown moral-philosophical work, by the Italian Giambattista Gelli (Florence 1498 - 1563). The difficult material is well worded in lively Italian. Written in the form of a dialogue between the Florentine artisan Grusto and his soul, related by Grusto's nephew Bindo, who spends the night in an adjacent room. - Neat repair to title, with loss of some letters and small piece cut out from title, to remove former owner's name. Otherwise a good copy.

Giorgi, I. Storia esterna del codice Vaticano del Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum. Roma, R. Società Romana di Storia Patria, 1889. 53 pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers (some minor defects). (# 5122)

"Estratto dall'Archivio della R.Società Romana di Storia Patria - Vol. XI.

Graveson, Ign. Hiacynthe Amat de. Tractatus de scriptura sacra, in quo ex ipsius revelatione, inspiratione, & antiquitate evincitur contra ethnicos Jesum Christum esse verum Messiam, et omnium librorum cum Veteris, tum Novi Testamenti, quos sacro canoni accensuit Concilium Tridentinum ... Venetiis (Venice), J.B. Recurti, 1728. 24, 247 pp. 4to. Contemporary vellum. (# 4841)

Cf. Hurter IV, 1188 (later edition). The French Ignace Hyacinthe Amat de Graveson (Graveson near Avignon 1670 - Arles 1733), member of the Dominican Order and an ardent follower of St. Thomas Aquinas, was professor of theology in Arles, Grenobles, Lyon and Rome and the author of several theological books. This work was first printed in 1715. - Slightly browned.

Gregorius I Magnus, Pope. In septem psalmos penitentiales explanatio admodum utilis. Paris, J. Petit, (ca. 1511). Woodcut printer's mark on title, initial white on black ground in the dotted manner, printed in larger and smaller Gothic type. 76 lvs. 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 4367)

Moreau-Renouard II, No. 100 (the copy in the Bibl. Nat. Paris is incomplete). Adams G-1178. Nice postincunable edition of this famous exposition of the Seven Penitential Psalms ascribed to Pope Gregory I the Great, who was Pope from 590. One of the greatest successes of his Pontificate was the conversion of England. He was a very fertile author and an ardent promoter of Benedictine monasticism. According to Moreau-Renouard printed with type of J. Barbier.

Groto, L. Le orationi volgari, et Latine da lui medesimo recitate in diversi tempi, in diversi luoghi, e in diverse occasioni parte stampate, e ristampate altre volte ad una, ad una, e parte non mai piu venute in luce. Trevigi (Treviso), A. Reghettini, 1609. Engraved printer's mark on title, engraved portrait of the author in the text, some nice ornamental initials. 14, 157 lvs. 4to. 18th century vellum, back with label. (# 4878)

Not in the STC of Italian Books. Collection of 24 orations in Italian and one, the last, in Latin, held between 1556 and 1584 by Luigi Groto (Adria 1541 - 1585) 'il cieco d'Adria'. Although he became blind when he was 8 years old, he developed an unique talent for delivering orations on important public and solemn occasions, which are contained in this volume, e.g. at the entry of the Queen of Poland into Venice 1556 and at the entry of the French King Henry III into Venice in 1574; the installation of several doges of Venice: Lor. Prioli, Gior. Prioli, Pietro Loredano, Luigi Mocenigo, Seb. Veniero and others; the baptism of Rosa Levi, a Jewish girl who had converted to Christianity, etc. The first edition of this popular collection came out in 1586, but our edition contains a dedicatory letter at the beginning by the physician Barth. Burchelatus dated 1609 and at the end of the 21st oration a 4-line neolatin poem by the same, dated 1608. Groto was also the author of some plays. - Old repairs to blank part of title; occasionally some stains; upper margin cut close.

Groto, L. Le orationi volgari. Da lui medesimo recitate in diversi tempi, in diversi luoghi, e in diverse occasioni, parte stampate, e ristampate altre volte ad una ad una, e parte non mai piu venute in luce. Venetia (at the end: Treviso), G. Zoppini & Fratelli, 1602. Engraved printer's mark on title, engraved portrait of the author in the text, some nice ornamental woodcut initials and typographical tail-pieces. 14, 152 lvs. 4to. Modern half vellum, made from an early manuscript. (# 4911)

Collection of 24 orations in Italian and one, the last, in Latin, held between 1556 and 1584 by Luigi Groto (Adria 1541 - 1585) 'il cieco d'Adria'. Although he became blind when he was 8 years old, he developed an unique talent for delivering orations on important public and solemn occasions, which are contained in this volume, e.g. at the entry of the Queen of Poland into Venice 1556 and at the entry of the French King Henry III into Venice in 1574; the installation of several doges of Venice: Lor. Prioli, Gior. Prioli, Pietro Loredano, Luigi Mocenigo, Seb. Veniero and others; the baptism of Rosa Levi, a Jewish girl who had converted to Christianity, etc. The first edition of this popular collection came out in 1586. Groto was also the author of some plays. - Occasionally somewhat browned, a light marginal waterstain to a few leaves; some contemporary underlinings.

Guise, H. de Lorraine, duc de. Mémoires. Amsterdam, Th. Lombrail, 1703. With engraved portrait of the author in both parts. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4 lvs., 420 pp.; 261 pp. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum. (# 3656)

Bourgeois-André No. 785. Brunet II, 1827. The memoirs of Henry, the 5th duke of Guise (1614 - 1664), who twice attempted to seize the crown of Naples. At the beginning 4 pp. 'Catalogue des livres que se trouvent chez Thom. Lombrail'.

Isocrates. Tutte le orationi... tradotte in lingua Italiana da M. Pietro Carrario. Venetia, M. Tramezino, 1555. Woodcut printer's mark (a reading sibyl) on title. Printed in italics. 8 (last 2 blank), 244 lvs. 8vo. Early 17th century vellum with red label (minor stain on front cover). (# 1517)

Hoffmann II, 634. Edit 16 on-line No. 35248. First edition of the first complete Italian translation of the orations of Isocrates (436 - 338 BC). Pietro Carriero was doctor of law at Padua and a good classical scholar. At the beginning are some biographies of Isocrates by various authors and an interesting privilege to the printer issued by Pope Julius III. - On title old handwritten ownership entry 'Di Pultio Sbarra'; a few lvs. insignificantly foxed.

Kiepert, H. Übersichtskarte der Verbreitung der Deutschen in Europa. Für den deutschen Schulverein zusammengestellt von H. Kiepert. Massstab in 1:3.000.000 von deutschen geograph. Meilen. Berlin, L. Kraatz for Dietrich Reimer, 1887. Large oblong folded lithographed school map of Germany and its colonies, coloured by hand. 55,2 x 75,8 cm. (# 5874)

Extending west to east from England and France to Russia, Bulgaria and the Black Sea; and north to south from Sweden, Denmark, Estonia to Italy, Bosnia, and Bulgaria. With inset maps of Estonia, Latvia, and Russia, Caucasus with Georgia. Heinrich Kiepert (1818-1899) was a prolific cartographer and geographer from Berlin. - Pasted on verso back-cover leaf of "Verlag von Dietrich Reimer in Berlin" with list of other maps published by Kiepert; tiny tears in blank part of 2 folds, with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminées a l'Italienne nouvellement inventees (sic.) par I. le Pautre. Norimberg (Nürnberg), Jacques Sandrart, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1700). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces, with scales of measurements, etched by Susanna Maria von Sandrart. ca. 21,7 x 14,5 cm on leaves of ca. 29,5 x 19,5 cm. (# 4410)

Hollstein, German, XLI, 216 - 221. Not in Fuhring. Rare first German edition, with series number N. 15, copies in reverse of the French series 'Cheminées a l'Italienne' (first edition: Paris, ca. 1658 - 1670). Cf. for the original French series: Fuhring Nos. 9346 - 9351. The female etcher Susanna Maria von Sandrart (Nürnberg 1658 - 1716), was the sister of the print publisher and art dealer Johann Jakob (Jacques) Sandrart (Frankfurt a.M. 1630 - Nürnberg 1708); both children of Johann Jacob von Sandrart. Beautiful baroque designs for elaborate chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italians. The original French series was invented by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Contains a chimney-piece flanked by large foliage consoles with garlands of fruit and crowned with a portrait medallion of an emperor supported by a putto and set between two sphinxes; chimney-piece crowned with a statue of Victory with an armorial trophy on either side, the hearth-plate is supported by two atlantes; chimney-piece, the overmantel is decorated with the Abduction of Proserpina in a medallion, with a putto seated on a lion on either side; chimney-piece surmounted by the bust of a woman being crowned by two cupids; chimney-piece set between two fluted Corinthian pilasters, above which is a niche with a vase; chimney-piece with a chimney-hood closed off by two shuttters, crowned with the bust of an emperor. - Slightly foxed, light marginal waterstains, wormhole in blank margin of 4 leaves.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminées a l'Italienne nouvellement inventées et et (sic) gravées par I. Le Pautre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of very beautiful etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,8 x 14,8 cm on leaves of ca. 29 x 18,5 cm. (# 4420)

Fuhring Nos. 9346 - 9351. I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1476 - 1481. Destailleur (1863), 93. BAL, 2, No. 1839. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 50 (only 2nd edition). First edition of this very beautiful series of elaborate baroque designs for chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italians, invented and etched by the famous architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Contains a chimney-piece flanked by large foliage consoles with garlands of fruit and crowned with a portrait medallion of an emperor supported by a putto and set between two sphinxes; chimney-piece crowned with a statue of Victory with an armorial trophy on either side, the hearth-plate is supported by two atlantes; chimney-piece, the overmantel is decorated with the Abduction of Proserpina in a medallion, with a putto seated on a lion on either side; chimney-piece surmounted by the bust of a woman being crowned by two cupids; chimney-piece set between two fluted Corinthian pilasters, above which is a niche with a vase; chimney-piece with a chimney-hood closed off by two shutters, crowned with the bust of an emperor. - Tiny erasure to plate 4, otherwise well preserved; bright impressions with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminees a l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventéés et gravées par I. le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I), Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces; five of the plates WITH A VARIANT DESIGN FOR THE RIGHT HALF. ca. 21,4 x 14,2 cm on leaves of ca. 30,7 x 20,5 cm. (# 4435)

Fuhring No. 9352 (only one plate). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1482 - 1487. First edition of a fine series of elaborate baroque designs for chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italiens. Among the incorporated statues is interalia one depicting Minerva. The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Le Pautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - The plates display the original string holes in the blank left border. Printing date erroneously altered by hand in 1677. Slightly foxed, lower blank margins slightly thumbed, ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Lambris a la Romaine inventez par I. Le Pautre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, 1661. Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing wall decorations in the manner of the Romans, with scale of measurements in French feet. The first three plates vertical format ca. 22,5 x 15,5 cm on leaves of ca. 30,5 x 20,5 cm. The last three plates horizontal format ca. 15 x 22 cm on leaves of ca. 17,6 x 25 cm. (# 4436)

Fuhring Nos. 8810 - 8815. I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1783 - 1788. Third edition of these very elaborate and beautiful baroque designs for panelling inspired by the classical Roman style. These wall coverings were intended as decoration of walls of rooms, galleries, and other formal interiors. Incorporated in the wall decorations are a statue of Victory, a painting of Aeneas carrying Anchises on his back, a door of a gallery above which is a figure of Victory seated on an armorial trophy, a statue of Apollo as a hunter, a bust of an emperor, an open door with a view of various people, one of whom is sweeping up. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Lower blank margins slightly thumbed. A nice set.

Lepautre, Jean. Nouveaux dessins d'autèles a la Romaine. Inventez et gravez par Jean Le Potre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of magnificent etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing altar designs in the manner of the Romans. ca. 22,3 x 15,2 cm on leaves of ca. 31,5 x 20,8 cm. (# 4433)

Fuhring Nos. 9511 - 9513 (only 3 plates). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2021 - 2026. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 71 (only third edition). First edition of this beautiful baroque suite of very elaborate architectural designs in Roman style, for altars, which are adorned with pillars, statues, vases, paintings, 2 of them with ground-plan. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Lower margins very lightly thumbed; the plates display original string holes in the upper margin; a nice set with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Nouveaux dessins d'autèles a la Romaine. Inventez et gravez par Jean Le Potre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of magnificent etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing altar designs in the manner of the Romans. ca. 22,3 x 15,2 cm on leaves of ca. 27,3 x 19,1 cm. (# 4440)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2021 - 2026. Fuhring Nos. 9511 - 9513 (only 3 plates). Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 71 (only third edition). First edition of this beautiful baroque suite of very elaborate architectural designs in Roman style, for altars, which are adorned with pillars, statues, vases, paintings, 2 of them with ground-plan. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Waterstain to lower half of plates, two plates sticking together; thumbed and foxed.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 20,4 x 29 cm. (Stitching loose). (# 4409)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Blank corner of one plate torn off, else well preserved, with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 19,8 x 29,5 cm. (# 4416)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Title slightly thumbed, but well preserved, with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 20,7 x 30,7 cm. (# 4417)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Very lightly browned, tiny tear in blank margin of one leaf, tiny ink-spots in blank margin of 2 leaves. A very good set with very large margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,8 à 23,2 cm x 14,9 à 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 27,4 x 19,4 cm. (# 4414)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. First edition, before numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Title browned, slightly foxed. The plates display the original string holes in the left margin.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1680). Complete series of fine etched title and five plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner. ca. 21,8 à 23,2 cm x 14,9 à 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 25,3 x 18,6 cm. (# 4412)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. Second edition, with plate numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Very slightly foxed.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1680). Complete series of fine etched title and five plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner. ca. 22,1 à 23,5 cm x 15,3 à 14,8 cm. (# 4411)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. Second edition, with plate numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Very slightly foxed. Tiny margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à Italienne inventés par J. le Pautre. (No place, no publisher, no date). Complete series of very fine engraved title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 23,3 x 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 30,5 x 19,4 cm. (# 4470)

Not in Fuhring, I.F.F., or any of the other usual bibliographies (kind information of Dr Peter Fuhring). Unrecorded edition. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). In the original series five of the plates are divided into a left-hand and right-hand side, showing variants of the proposed façades. In the present series the façades are symmetric, so left-hand and right-hand side are the same. Also different from the original series is the fact that in our series all the façades are placed against a sky. For the original series compare I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120, 2122 - 2125. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two stories, adorned with statues, balustrades, 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Ownership entry on title "Joannij Veit Soc. Jesu". Thieme-Becker XXXIV, 181 mentions the Jesuit Johann Veit (Ellwangen 1663 - München 1732), who worked in Eichstätt, as the designer and maker of the pulpit and confessional chairs in the Jesuit Church in Eichstätt, and the prie-chairs in Neuburg. Mainly marginal waterstain to 4 plates, slightly browned and thumbed.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise a Italienne nouvellement invente par Jean le Pautre. (No place, no publisher, no date). Complete series of very fine etched title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,5 x 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 29,3 x 18,4 cm. (# 4471)

Not in Fuhring, I.F.F., or any of the other usual bibliographies (kind information of Dr Peter Fuhring). Unrecorded edition. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). In the original series five of the plates are divided into a left-hand and right-hand side, showing variants of the proposed façades. In the present series the façades are symmetric, so left-hand and right-hand side are the same. Also different from the original series is the fact that in our series NONE of the façades is placed against a sky. For the original series compare I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2121, 2124 - 2125. Beautiful baroque designs for church façades in two stories, adorned with statues, balustrades, 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Stain in blank margin of 2 leaves, lightly browned; nice set with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventes par Jean le Pautre. Amsterdam, C(ornelis) II Dankcker(t)s, (no date). Complete series of nice engraved title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 23,3 x 14,4 cm on leaves of ca. 31 x 19,5 cm. Sewn as issued. (# 4425)

Fuhring Nos. 4331 - 4336. Not in I.F.F. First Dutch edition, wich was so popular that it was reissued even until the 19th century. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original French series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). For this original series compare: I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Interesting designs for church façades in Italian baroque style. Five of the plates with a variant of the right half. The façades have two storeys, with attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, and are adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Cornelis II Danckerts (Amsterdam 1664 - 1717) was book and print publisher and book- and printseller in Amsterdam. - Slightly browned. The plates display the original string holes in the blank upper margin and are sewn together with original string. In the original state as issued.

Lepautre, Jean. Retables dautels a ljtaliene (sic) inventes et gravés par Jean Le Potre. Paris, Pierre (II), Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing tabernacles in the manner of the Italians. ca. 21,5 x 15 cm on leaves of ca. 29,5 x 19,6 cm. (# 4460)

Fuhring Nos. 9526 - 9530 (only 5 plates). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2027 - 2032. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 70 (only third edition). Second edition with plate numbers. Beautiful series of very elaborate baroque designs for altars and retables in Italian style, two of the plates with elevation and plan. The title depicts a church with groups of people wearing antique garb in front of a retable with a painting of the Adoration of the Kings; other plates show altars with a painting of the Ascension of the Virgin, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, flanked by Corinthian and Ionic columns and decorated with statues of angels, the Virgin and St. John, soldiers, etc. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Very light waterstain in blank margin. A nice set with ample margins.

Lucien, Jean Baptiste (1748-Paris-1806). Tête de St. Jerôme, dans le Tableau de la Communion de St. Jerôme, peint par le Dominiquain (Domenichino). Dessinée à Rome par Ed. Bouchardon. Paris, Chéreau, (c. 1770). Large print in crayon-manner in reddish brown, intermediary draughtsman Edmé Bouchardon (Chaumont-en Bassigny 1698-Paris 1762) after Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641); representing the head of St. Jerome, in profile to left. Numbered on plate: "No. 199", top left, and "8e de la Collection", bottom right; lettered at bottom with title (see above) and "Ed. Bouchardon Del. J.B. Lucien Sculp." and "De la Collection des Dessins de Mr. Bouchardon appartenant à Mr. Chereau. A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins St. Jacques No. 24". 40,7 x 35 cm. (# 5876)

In database British Museum. Domenichino/Domenico Zampieri painted the altarpiece of the "Last Communion of St.Jerome" in the San Girolamo della Carità in Rome, 1611-1614. Crayon-manner, a variant of etching, was invented in the 1750's; its aim was the imitation of red or brown chalk drawings. They were mostly intended as drawing examples. - With margins, at bottom trimmed to plate-mark; small crease and small inkstain at bottom below image. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Ludovicus (Luiz, de Sao Francisco). Oratio funebris ex tempore habita ... apud Almae Urbis celebre templum Sanctae Mariae super Minervam praeclariss. Ordinis Praedicatorum. In obitu ... F. Marci Valladaris Hispani eiusdem instituti Procuratoris & Generalis Vicarij. Romae, V. Accolti, 1587. Woodcut printer's mark on title. Two typographical head-pieces, two ornamental woodcut initials. 4 lvs. 4to. Modern wrappers. (# 1135)

Edit 16 on-line No. 23329 (only one copy in Padova). Not in the STC of Italian books. Not in Palau. Rare funeral oration by the Franciscan friar Ludovicus (Luiz de Sao Francisco) from Lisboa, who was theologian "ex Seraphico instituto, Provinciae S. Jacobi Hispaniarum", for the Spanish friar Marcus Valladaris, procurator and vicar-general at the same institute. - A very well preserved copy.

Paullinus, J. De vita et virtutibus R.P. Bernardi Colnagi e Societate Jesu libri duo. München, L. Straub for J. Wagner, 1662. 8 lvs., 393, 1 pp., 7 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary calf, with 2 clasps (spine-ends and corners damaged, rubbed). (# 4947)

De Backer-Sommervogel VI, 381 No. 7. First edition of the biography of the Sicilian Jesuit Bernardo Colnago (Catania 1545 - 1611), who taught philosophy, theology, scholastism and was the author of several books. The German Jesuit Joannes Paullinus (Neubourg 1604 - München 1671) was preacher and rector in Trient.

Pepe, Fr. Prima, Seconda, Terza novena di Sabati dell'immacolata concezione di Maria SS. Napoli, G. Riccio, 1744. 3 volumes. 11 lvs., 712 pp.; 5 lvs., 568 pp; 6 lvs., 438 pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum (tear in vellum of back of 1 volume). (# 5335)

De Backer-Sommervogel VI 478 No. 7. First edition. The Neapolitan Jesuit Francesco Pepe (1684 - 1759), taught linguistics at Capua and philosophy and theology at Naples. - Foxed. Bookplate of the Jesuit College at Rome in all volumes.

Peregrinus, L. De Christi ad caelos ascensu. Oratio inter Pontificia sacra sub Clemente VIII Pont. Max. ad Vaticanum habita... anno MDXCII. Necnon oratio altera de Sanctissima Trinitate, dicta ab eodem apud Sixtum V. Pont. Max. Anno MDLXXXIIX. Romae, A. & H. Donangelus, 1592. Woodcut IHS vignette on title. Some ornamental woodcut initials. 4 lvs. 4to. Modern wrappers. (# 1119)

Edit 16 on-line No. 53671 (only one copy in Bologna). Rare. Two orations by Laelius Peregrinus (Lelio Pellegrini), orator and professor of philosophy at the gymnasium of Rome, who lived from 1551 until ca. 1602. - Minor paper fault in last leaf, touching a few letters only; tear in outer blank margin of one leaf neatly repaired.

Picart, Étienne (Paris 1631-Amsterdam 1721). Separation de St. Pierre et de St. Paul. D'apres le tableau de Jean Lanfranc (Giovanni Lanfranco) qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy, de quatre pieds de haut, sur 4 pieds et demy de large. Sanctorum Petri et Pauli acerba a se invicem discessio... Roma, 1679. Large oblong engraving, showing Saint Peter and Saint Paul being separated by soldiers and other people, in front of a landscape with a river and a fortified city; at bottom 2 columns each with 3 lines of engraved French and Latin text (see above); underneath signed in the plate "Steph. Picart Rom. sculps. 1679." 43,5 x 47,7 cm. (# 5844)

Nagler XII, 409 No. 25. Le Blanc III, 196, No. 20. The original painting by Giovanni Lanfranco (Parma 1582-Roma 1647), which belonged to Louis XIV, is preserved in the Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles. The engraving is in reverse. Étienne (also named Stephanus) Picart, is often called "Le Romain" from the years he worked in Rome. He became member of the Académie Royale in Paris in 1664, and worked for the Cabinet du Roy Louis XIV. He spent the last years of his life from 1710 in the Netherlands where he emigrated with his son, the famous engraver Bernard Picart. - Sharp impression on heavy paper, with small margins. In lower blank margin written in black ink "Goy Ton". Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Pius V, Pope. Freiheit und Bulla des ... Herren Pii...fünfften Bapsts ... Uber die Erhöhung und Schöpffung des ... Fürsten und Herren Cosmi Medices, hertzogen zu Florentz. Zu einem Grosshertzogen und Königmässigem, der Provinz Ethrurien, ime underworffen. Geschehen zu Rom, den 27. Augusti Anno 1569. (Germany?), 1570. With woodcut of the pope on title. 6 lvs. 4to. Modern half leather, back gilt. (# 3898)

Not in BMC, Adams, NUC. Not in KVK, only 2 other editions of the same year. Very rare German translation of Pius V's bull granting Cosimo de' Medici his new title of Grand Duke of Tuscany. This had been promised by the pope's predecessor, Pius IV, but never granted as a result of Spanish and imperial hostility. One line on last page misprinted upside-down. - With bookplate and library stamp.

Plutarchus. Vitarum Plutarchi epitome, hoc est Graecorum et Romanorum illustrium res gestae, in compendium redactae per Darium Tibertum. Huic editioni accesserunt Aemilii Probi vitae excellentium imperatorum ... Nonnullae item novae comparationes nunc primum editae. (Geneva), J. Stoer, 1608. Small woodcut mark on title. 3 lvs., 616 pp., 12 lvs. Small 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 5006)

Cf. Hoffmann III, 369. The editor Darius Tibertus, an Italian nobleman, flourished at the end of the 15th century. - Small repair to blank part of title, browned.

Potesta, F. Examen ecclesiasticum in quo universae materiae morales ... resulvuntur: cum denuntiationibus ad monitoria atque edicta ... opus non tantum confessariis, ac poenitentibus ... utile. Conimbricae (Coimbra), J.A. a' Sylva, 1717. Title printed in red and black. 2 parts in 1 volume. 6 lvs., 452 pp.; 187 pp. Folio. Contemporary mottled calf, back gilt with label (rubbed). (# 5090)

Cf. Mira, Bibl. Siciliana, II 242. Felix Potesta (1649 - 1702) from Palermo, belonged to the Franciscan Order. This work on ecclesiastical law was reprinted several times. - Occasionally slightly browned.

Sandini, A. Historia Familiae Sacrae ex antiquis monumentis collecta. Patavii (Padua), typis Seminarii apud J. Manfrè, 1764. Device on title, some nice initials and vignettes. 14 lvs., 398 pp., 13 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. (# 4932)

Cf. Hurter IV, 1512. Augmented and corrected edition published after the author's death in 1751. The work deals with the history and cult of the Holy Family and is written in the form of questions and answers. At the beginning is a short biography of the Italian professor Antonius Sandini (born 1693) and an enumeration of his church historical works, by cardinal Rezzonici. - A good copy.

(Savioli, L.V.) Amori. Bassano, a spese Remondini di Venezia, 1810. With finely engraved frontispiece and engraved title. 139 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt floral border on both sides, back with label and gilt initials F.P., partly uncut (holes in back, slightly rubbed). (# 5418)

Cf. Gamba No. 2670. Cf. Brunet V, 156. Cf. Gay-Lemonnyer I, 105. Finely printed edition of this collection of love poems by Ludovico Vittorio Savioli (1729 - 1804). First printed in Lucca 1765 it was reprinted many times. Includes inter alia the poem "Sul sepolchro di Dante Alighieri". - On first leaf ownership entry of "J. Petvignari". A large copy.

Segnerus, P. Speculum non fallax. Seu doctrina speculativa et practica, de cognitione sui ipsius, explicata septem considerationibus, distributis in singulos hebdomadae dies. Ex Italico. Monachii (München), J.L. Straubius, 1714. 134 pp., 1 lf. 12mo. Contemporary calf, nice gilt floral decoration on back (slightly rubbed), gilt edges. (# 5299)

Not in De Backer-Sommervogel. "This mirror containing the theory and practice of self knowledge" was probably not written by the Italian Jesuit Paolo Segneri (1624 - 1694), but by his partner the Italian Jesuit Giovanni Pietro Pinamonti (1632 - 1703). Cf. De Backer-Sommervogel VI, 766-770 No. 2, who lists many editions in Italian, German, English, Dutch, Spanish, French, Hungarian, etc. and a later edition in Latin. - Library stamp on title of Graf Waldbott von Bassenheim; a very light waterstain.

Serviez, (J. Roergas de). Storia della vita delle Imperadrici Romane, e delle principesse del loro sangue ... Traduzione Italiana corretta. Venezia, L. Bassaglia, 1785 - 1787. Printer's mark on each title. 3 volumes. 4 lvs., 358, 1 pp.; 2 lvs., 348 pp.; 2 lvs., 306 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, backs richly gilt with labels (slightly rubbed), nice decorated end-papers. (# 5349)

Cf. Gay-Lemonnyer II 289. Italian translation of "Histoire de la vie et des intrigues des femmes des douze Césars". This history of the lives and amours of the Empresses and consorts to the first 12 Caesars, was first published in 1718 by the French historian Jacques Roergas de Serviez (1679 - 1727). It was reprinted very often and translated into many languages. - A few leaves slightly waterstained.

Torre, Flaminio (Bologna 1621-Modena 1661). Madonna col Bambino in gloria e i Santi Protettori di Bologna, Petronio, Francesco, Ignazio, Francesco Saverio, Procolo, Floriano, after Guido Reni. Bologna, c. 1640. Beautiful and very large etching, depicting St. Petronius and six other Patron Saints of Bologna interceding with the Virgin Maria, who sits on a rainbow with the Child Jesus on her knees; the city of Bologna is seen below; along the bottom with a three-line etched dedication in Italian by Flaminio Torre or Torri to the Infante Maria di Savoia and her arms in the centre; signed "Flaminio Torri". 62,7 x 38,5 cm. (# 5834)

Bartsch XIX, 215 No. 4: "très recherché". Nagler XXI, 208 No. 4: "Sehr selten". In database British Museum. Very rare. Flaminio Torre/Torri, painter and etcher in Bologna, was a pupil of Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642). This etching was made after a votive processional banner painting by Guido Reni, which is now (framed) in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Commissioned by Bologna's Senate, Guido Reni's Pallione del Voto/Pala della Peste, served as the official banner in the civic votive procession celebrating the end of the 1630 plague. Every year it was carried in a procession from the Palazzo Pubblico to the church of San Domenico. - Small margins. Several wormholes affecting the plate, several tears repaired, paper slightly browned. Still an acceptable specimen of this very rare print.

Ugolini, Antonio (Bologna 1680's-unknown). The effects of wine: Love. Charming oblong etching of a bacchanale: four putti in landscape with tree; two each other kissing putti are lying on a jug with grapes, to the right a putto is drinking wine from a bottle, to the left behind them a putto is watching them; inscribed in the margin at lower center: "Ugolinus Inve: et Scul". 13 x 19 cm. (# 5861)

The Illustrated Bartsch (TIB), XLV, 448, No. 003 (present in Berlin, Hamburg, Parma). Nagler, Monogrammisten, V, No. 1190 (only this etching). Not in Le Blanc, Bartsch, Nagler, Thieme-Becker. Very rare etching by the Italian painter and etcher Antonio Ugolini. "This etching belongs to a series of at least five sheets, which represent putti in various states caused by the effects of wine" (TIB). But none of the by TIB consulted collections owns all five sheets. "Antonio Ugolini is an artist whose production is largely lost... Ugolini was born in Bologna in the second half of the seventeenth century (within the early years of the 1680's) and was primarily active in Siena... It is known from letters... that he was in Rome in 1702... It is also certain that he was present in Florence... The sources reveal very few facts about Antonio Ugolini's activity as an etcher" (TIB). - Slight discolouring of paper; good impression with ample margins.

Ugolini, Antonio (Bologna 1680's-unknown). The effects of wine: Rows. Charming oblong etching of a bacchanale: six fighting putti, two lying backwards on top of each other on a jug; one of them holding a bunch of grapes in his hand, another bunch of grapes in front of them on the ground; inscribed in the margin at lower left: "Ugolinus Inven. et Sculp:". 13 x 18,7 cm. (# 5862)

The Illustrated Bartsch (TIB), XLV, 452, No. 007 (present in Hamburg, Parma). Not in Le Blanc, Bartsch, Nagler, Nagler Monogrammisten, Thieme-Becker. Very rare etching by the Italian painter and etcher Antonio Ugolini. "This etching belongs to a series of at least five sheets, which represent putti in various states caused by the effects of wine" (TIB). But none of the by TIB consulted collections owns all five sheets. "Antonio Ugolini is an artist whose production is largely lost... Ugolini was born in Bologna in the second half of the seventeenth century (within the early years of the 1680's) and was primarily active in Siena... It is known from letters... that he was in Rome in 1702... It is also certain that he was present in Florence... The sources reveal very few facts about Antonio Ugolini's activity as an etcher" (TIB). - Trimmed within plate-mark, not affecting image; small waterstain in top, tiny pin-prick hole in top of border. Good impression.

Vaga, Perino del (Florence 1501 - Rome 1547), after. Thetis with two Tritons. Perrino del Vaga inv. 1560-1580. Beautiful engraving of the Greek sea goddess Thetis standing naked holding a trident in her right hand, her cloak in her left, below are two tritons (seegods), the one at the left holds her trident, the one at right her cloak, engraved after Perino del Vaga. 23 x 16 cm. (# 2209)

Bartsch 15, 398 No. 33 (under Ghisi). Bellini, 303 F.22. Nagler II, 252. Exhibition catalogue 'Incisiori Mantovani del' 500 Giovan Battista, Diana Scultori e Giorgio Ghisi', Rome, 1980 No. 196. Beautiful engraving after Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi). Formerly attributed to the engraver Giorgio Ghisi (Mantua 1520-Mantua 1582), nowadays to the school of Giorgio Ghisi. Rare 3rd state. - Very fine impression with margins.

Venezia. Gl'Illustrissimi, & eccellentissimi Signori Capi dell'Eccelso Consiglio di Dieci infrascritti, attese le relazioni avute; che da alcuni titolati di varie parochie di questa città non venga adempito colla dovuta puntualità quanto resta prescritto dal decreto del detto Eccelso Consiglio de 24 Marzo 1676, regolato col posteriore de'14 Luglio 1678, ... di nuovo stampati in un sollo foglio, e ne sia mandata in ciascuna Chiesa Parochiale... Antonio Nani, Antonio Loredan, Andrea Renier... 1732. 21. Agosto. (Venice), Z. Antonio & Almoro Pinelli, Stampatori Ducali, (1732). Broadsheet, printed on one side, with a woodcut of the winked Lion of St. Mark (il Leone di S. Marco) in top, with 2 ornamental initials. Folio. ca. 42,3 x 28 cm. (# 5793)

Not listed in KVK, Picarta, Worldcat, etc. Rare ordinance relating to Church law, issued by the Venetian Republic. Also dealing with music in the Church "alle Sacre funtioni di Divini Officii nel Coro, come sono tenuti...". - Three small holes, just affecting a few letters, upper margin shaved, small tear in woodcut, slightly browned, some contemporary underlinings in brown ink.

Vitruvius Pollio, M. De architectura libri decem... Accesserunt, Gulielmi Philandri ... annotationes castigatiores, & plus tertia parte locupletiores. Adiecta est epitome in omnes Georgii Agricolae de mensuris et ponderibus libros eodem auctore. Lugd. (Lyon), J. Tornaesius (De Tournes), 1586. With nice architectural woodcut title-border, medallion portrait of Philander, ca. 85 woodcuts in the text, among which a cut of the Roman circus, the amphitheatre, lifting machines, the various orders; one folding table with the text of an inscription; many fine ornamental initials, some of them in the dotted matter; large printer's mark at the end, words in Greek and civilité. 8 lvs., 460 pp., 18 lvs. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum (ties gone). (# 4381)

Fowler No. 414. Cicognara No. 721. Cf. Cartier, De Tournes, No. 664 (variant issue with Geneve on title-page). Not. in Kat. Orn. Berl. Rare second edition (first 1552) of Vitruvius' famous work on architecture, with Philander's annotations, to be printed in France. The fine illustrations are attributed by Cartier to Bernard Salomon (Le Petit Bernard), Dinsmoor (op. cit. No. 492; p. 76) considers the possibility of an attribution to Sebastiano Serlio. Philander had studied under Serlio. In any case the book is very well designed with beautiful De Tournes' initials. - Slightly browned, otherwise a good copy.

Vivares, François (Lodève 1709-London 1780). Landscape with a stream, a woman with basket and a man fishing, two boys to the left, after Gaetano Martorelli. London, F. Vivares, 1754. Fine large oblong etching and engraving, lettered below the image "Engraved from a Picture of Martorelli. Martorelli Pinxt. F. Vivares Sculp. Publishd Jany. 15th. 1754, by F. Vivares. 9". 39 x 49 cm. (# 5859)

Nagler XXIII, 214, No. 54. In database British Museum: "Landscape with a stream falling around a boulder into a deep pool in the foreground, broadening as it flows away into the right foreground, overshadowed by a steep rocky cliff on the right, covered with bushes and dead tree trunks, a woman carrying a basket and a man fishing on the near bank, two boys further to the left, near a path which winds through a hilly landscape extending into the distance on the left;... plate 9 from an unidentified series...". Second state (of 3), with plate number. François or Francis Vivares, a French and British engraver and publisher, was born in Lodève near Montpellier or in S.Jean de Bruel de Rouergue in 1709, worked in Paris and moved to London in 1727. He had a very high reputation in France and is considered to be one of the founders of the English school of landscape engraving. Gaetano Martorelli, a painter of landscapes from Napoli, was born c. 1670 and died 1723. - Trimmed within plate-mark, lower blank margin slightly thumbed.