Bologna, Radio Alice, March 1977. Single leaf, printed to recto, measuring 34.5 × 24.7 cm. With slight traces of folding; slight edge wear, else good or better. Very rare leaflet by the important left-wing autonomous radio station “Alice” on the occasion of the escalation that took place between the station..... More

Turin: F[ilippo] A[ntonio] Ferrero, printed by the Holy Office at the Shrine of St. Augustine, 1755. 12mo (14.6 × 8.5 cm). Contemporary blind stiff card wrappers in brocade paper; 20, 144 pp. including the woodcut frontispiece. Boards somewhat worn and rubbed; small hole to blank first leaf; somewhat toned and..... More

Palermo and Cefalù region, 1798–1851. Folio (various gatherings, the diploma measuring 35 × 25.5 cm). approx. [total pp.] manuscript pages on paper, in several contemporary secretarial hands, some calligraphic display script; sewn as issued; occasional docketing, endorsements, signatures, and official attestations; light browning and marginal wear consistent with use. Bound..... More

Jesi: Pietropaolo Bonelli, 1771. Small quarto (19.1 × 12.8 cm). Contemporary calf presentation binding with heraldic supralibros of Cardinal Andrea Negroni to front and rear board; spine over five raised bands; boards and spine compartments elaborately gilt; roulons to edges; marbled endpapers; edges gilt; XV, [1], 87, [1] pp. Minor..... More

Padua: Nella Stamperia del Seminario, appresso Giovanni Manfré, 1714. Quarto (36.5 × 25 cm). Contemporary interim card boards, spine and joints covered with marbled paper; [28], 300 pp. with 4 large folding copper engravings (measuring up to 68 × 86 cm) and numerous woodcut initials and vignettes throughout the text..... More

Rome: F. Caballi, 1643. Quarto (21.2 × 15 cm). Contemporary full vellum; leather spine label with gilt title; [16], 204, [16] pp. with engraved title page by Sebastiano Fulcaro and the engraved map showing the relocation of the Santa Casa, as well as numerous decorative woodcut initials and vignettes. A...... More

Genoa: Per gli Heredi de Girol. Bartoli, 1595. Small octavo (14.7 × 9.7 cm). Contemporary full limp vellum with title to spine, upper, and lower edge; [16], 470, [40] pp. Woodcut vignette to title depicting the saint receiving the stigmata; three additional small illustrations, one of which repeats the title..... More

Rome: Per Michele Ercole, 1671. Small quarto (19.8 × 14.6 cm). Somwhat later decoratively patterned paper wrapper printed in red and green; [8], 40 pp. Two copper engravings, one showing the Mother of Częstochowa, the other Paul of Thebes. Woodcut arms of Cardinal Flavio Chigi to title; decorative initials and..... More

Lucca: Nella Stamperia di Jacopo Giusti, 1760. Small octavo (16.2 × 11 cm). Contemporary full vellum with through nerves to spine extremities; XV, [1], 184 pp. with 11 (of 12) copper plates depicting miraculous images of the Virgin Mary and 1 engraved text vignette showing the arms of Vincenzo Torre..... More

Munich: Joh. Jacob Vötter, 1754. Small octavo (16.5 × 10 cm). Contemporary blind-embossed white calf; edges speckled red; [28], 294 [recte: 267] pp.. with engraved frontis by G. S. Rösch after L. Weis depicting the saint. The pagination jumps from 273 to 291; leaves slightly toned and fox-stained; hinges and..... More

Venice: self-published, [between 1595 and 1616]. Folio (37.3 × 25 cm). Contemporary full vellum; engraved title within architectural border; 49 numbered double-page copperplate engravings, 19, [1], 18, [2], 20, 19, [1], 19, [1] pp. (letterpress-printed text in Italian, German, French, Spanish, and Latin, each with a vignette headpiece at the..... More