Opere di Niccolo Machiavelli Cittadino e Segretario Fiorentino. Volume Secondo [2] by Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527 - 1804

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. x, 441 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth. The binding generally shows moderate wear, but there is some damping at the headcap of the spine and some heavy damping at the top of the rear cover. There is also a little discoloration near the foot of the spine. The damping does not affect the interior. Top edge gilt. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean. We understand that three is a signed limited edition of this work. This is NOT a signed or limited edition.

[IN THE LIGHT OF APOLLO: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND GREECE, vols I and II]
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London: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1873. 1st Edition . Full cloth. Very Good. First edition, two volumes, octavo; xi, [i], 413, 380pp. In original uniform publisher's brown buckram with gilt and blind decoration to spines and front boards, bindings lightly worn, original endpapers, volume one title page annotated with brief biographical details of the author, light spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume otherwise clean and complete, with portrait frontispiece to volume one. Family association copy with the small ownership label of W.B. Drummond to each front pastedown. Attractive example in very good original state of this well researched study.

Book cover near new, light edge/shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket near new, modest shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
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Contracts are the most informative records we have about the nature of commissioning prestigious works of art in the Renaissance. This book provides a framework for interpreting these important documents by surveying a body of contracts and related records concerning altarpieces and frescoes painted in Italy from the early fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries.
Michelle O'Malley structures her inquiry around a trio of fundamental questions concerning the language of contracts, the ramifications of stipulations for production and finance, and the means used to transmit information, particularly visual information, between a painter and his client. At the heart of the book is an analysis of the… Read More

Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1879. Limited Edition. 12mo. Limited to a thousand copies, plus twenty-five copies on china paper, six volumes translated by Antoine Le Macon, illustrated, bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, spine lettering and top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original red printed front covers bound in.. A handsome and fine set with just a sprinkling of foxing to fore-edges.

Monachii [Munich]: Typis Mariæ Magdalenæ Riedlin, 1730. First Edition. Full Leather. First Edition of an important genealogical work dedicated to Prince-Elector Charles Albert (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII), tracing the descent of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria to Charlemagne. Two volumes in one. Folio; [20], 82; 192; [12], 326, [28]pp, with a double-page engraved map of the Danube basin (signed by Georg Baptista Steinberger), allegorical frontispiece (signed by Hieronymus Sperling); engraved genealogical table (signed Joh. Christoph Steinberger), full-page coat-of-arms, the Wittelsbach genealogical tree, and two engravings (the second double-page) after medieval panels depicting Duke Arnulf the Bad. Firmly bound in contemporary sheep (boards with light wear only), the spine divided by five raised bands into six compartment richly gilt (now faded), with a vellum lettering piece titled in gilt. Magnificently printed on bright, spotless paper of very high rag content, in a handsome Roman… Read More

1693 ENGLISH Essays of Montaigne France Renaissance Philosophy Humanism Cotton

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
― Michel de Montaigne, Essays

First published in 1580, the Essays of Michel de Montaigne were a collection of essays and writings on a variety of topics and content. Montaigne was rather decisive in his rhetoric and used various Ancient Greek, Latin, and Italian texts as examples and references, such as Lucretius and Plutarch quotations. Montaigne himself stated that the goal of his essays was to describe man with 'utter frankness and honesty.' According to the scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller,
"the writers of the period were keenly aware of the miseries and ills of our earthly existence".

Montaigne sought to break man down into his basic features, which, at the time, was extreme volatility. He wrote on marriage being an absolute necessity for raising children, but he also quoted, in the 'Essays,' that "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds… Read More

1728 ERASMUS 1ed In Praise of Folly Rotterdam French Hans HOLBEIN ART Encomium

"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
― Erasmus

In 1509, Erasmus composed his famous essay 'In Praise of Folly', or 'Encomium Moraie', which was a satirical attack on superstitions and other unconventional traditions in European society. Since its inception in the early 16th-century, it is considered one of the most important works of the Renaissance and helped develop early stages of the Protestant Reformation.

Erasmus uses satire to examine doctrine and corruption within the Catholic Church, even though Erasmus was devoted deeply to Catholicism. He concludes 'In Praise of Folly' with statements of supporting Christian Protestantism.

This highly desirable 1728 first Honore edition was translated by Gueudeville and is noteworthy for its inclusion of the artwork of Hans Holein – folding and in-text engravings depicting mythological and strange creatures!

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1662Decameron Boccaccio Macon Black Death Bubonic Plague RARE Renaissance Italy

"Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy."
― Giovanni Boccaccio

'The Decameron' is one of the most famous novels of the 14th-century. Written by humanist author Giovanni Boccaccio, 'Decameron' is a collection of short stories and tales told by a group of friends who are seeking to escape the Black Death in Florence, Italy. The stories cover a wide variety of topics including jokes and humor, erotic love, tragedy, adventures, and folk and mythology tales.

This 1662 French edition of 'Decameron' was published in Paris and translated out of the original Italian by Antoine le Macon. Macon's French edition is the most important French edition and was the first to be made out of the original Italian!

Item number: #21389
Price: $599

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

Le Decameron

A Paris: Chez Arnovld Cotinet, 1662.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [24], 967, [1]
· Provenance: Handwritten
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1878 EXQUISITE Fine Binding 1ed Saint Louis Renaissance France ART Illustrated
Henri Wallon's 'Saint Louis' is one of the most thorough biographical sketches on Louis IX of France. Wallon, however, writes on more than just the life of Louis IX. He describes French architecture, numismatics, politics, military, war, along with dozens of other topics. Other topics include Louis's interest in science and poetry, attempts at gothic art, music, and sculpture, Catholic devotion, and 13th-century French society.
This beautiful first edition of Wallon's 'Saint Louis' features an impressive collection of artworks from various artists including Paquier, Toussaint, Garcia, Hurel, Meaulle, and Soupey; nine of which are chromolithographs.
Item number: #23046
Price: $750
WALLON, Henri Alexandre
Saint Louis
Tours: Mame et fils, 1878. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o XVIII, 554
o Illustrated throughout (includes 9 chromolithographs, 3 maps)
· References: Vicaire 1151
· Language:… Read More