New York: Brentano's, 1906. "All Works of Nature Created by God in Heaven and on Earth are Works of Sculpture" CELLINI, Benvenuto. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini written by himself. Edited and translated by John Aldington Symonds with a Biographical Sketch of Cellini by the same hand together with an introduction... More
London: Printed for Charles Baldwyn, 1824. George Cruikshank's Own Copy Signed and Dated by Him on the Title-Page CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. [ROSCOE, Thomas]. [Italian Tales]. Tales of Humour, Gallantry, & Romance, Selected and Translated from the Italian. With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank. London: Printed for Charles Baldwyn, 1824. George Cruikshank's... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. Edition de Luxe - Limited to One Hundred and Fifty Copies The Richard Manney Copy in the Extremely Scarce Dust Jacket The Best Copy We Have Ever Seen [GOBLE, Warwick, illustrator]. BASILE, Giambatista. Stories From the Pentamerone. Selected and Edited by E.F. Strange. Illustrated by Warwick Goble. London... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. The Classic Courtesy Book Newly Translated Bound By Gruel [GRUEL, Léon, binder]. CASTIGLIONE, Count Baldesar. The Book of the Courtier (1528). Translated From the Italian and Annotated by Leonard Eckstein Opdycke. With Seventy-One Portraits and Fifteen Autographs Reproduced by Edward Bierstadt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901... More
Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1951. "The Unwavering Strength of Love" MANZONI, Alessandro. I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). The 1844 translation revised and with an introduction by Roanld H. Boothroyd. Illustarted with the designs of Francesco Gonin engraved for this edition by Bruno Bramanti. Verona: Printed... More
Turin: Cesar Farine, 1570. "Romeo, Oh, Romeo! Where for Art Bill Shakes Found Us?' "Here, Dear Juliet, Here." The Earliest Obtainable Edition in Contemporary Binding [SHAKESPEARE SOURCE]. BANDELLO, Matteo, and BELLEFOREST, François de, and BOISTEAU, Pierre. XVIII Histoires Tragiques. Extraictes des oeuvres Italiennes de Bandel, & mises en langue Françoise. Les six premieres... More
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