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Esequie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina al Ser. D. Cosimo II, quarto Gran Duca di Toscana il di 25 di Maggio 1621. Orazione di Giulio Strozzi recitata da lui in Venetia nell'esequie del Serenissimo D. Cosimo II..
by CEREMONIES. FUNERALS. Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590-1621)
Venice: Appresso Il [Giovanni Battista] Ciotti, 1621. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 20th c. boards covered with a liturgical manuscript leaf. A fine, crisp copy with a little light marginal soiling; verso of final leaf also lightly soiled. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages, a full-page portrait of Cosimo II, and 15 full-paged engraved plates. One of the engravings is signed by Francesco Valeggio (or Valesio) (sculp.) and Philipp Esengren (delineauit.) Watanabe-O'Kelly identifies the...
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£13,006.40
Penguin Parade Second Series Number I
by Morpurgo, J. E. (Edited by)
West Drayton: Penguin Books. 1947. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Interior a little age-toned. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. 96 pages. A series of essays including one on 'Television The Present and The Future' . Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£7.83
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM THE KITCHEN : Bell Savings Anniversary Series
by Maryjane Hooper Tonn (Editor)
Milwaukee, WI: Ideal Publications, 1976. First Edition, First Printing . Soft Cover/Stapled. New/None as Issued. NEW COPY w/trace wear to stapled softcover. 1976 First Edition. Delightful assembly of time-tested recipes for presents to others as gifts from the home, whether in jars, boxed, or on a platter. 64 pgs w/color & b/w photos. How about Grape Wine from 3 cans of frozen grape juice, 5 cups of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of yeast, and 21 days for seasoning? Book has Christmas in mind, but gifts of...
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£15.04
Barossa Journeys Into A Valley Of Tradition
by Ioannou, Noris
Sydney: New Holland. 1997. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Wraps. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240 pages. A Journey into all aspects of the Valley from folklore to viticulture. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£8.36
La Conference De Ianot Et Piarot Doucet de Villenoce, & de Iaco Pacquet de Pantin, sur les grandes Magnifisences qu'on prepare à Paris pour l'entree de la Reyne
Paris: s.n., 1660. Recent stiff vellum. Fugitive festival book in dialect. On 25 August 1660, three locals discuss the preparations for the new queen's entry into her capitol the next day. Two other versions are known. No example identified in the U.S. In good condition, not in Dufour or Destailleur. ¶Ruggieri, Catalogue des livres rares (1873) 490; Bossuet, Catalogue des livres relatifs à...Paris (1888) 1939 (?this ed.) & 1953 (another 1660 ed.) and see Collins' Catalogue of the Library of...L.-L....
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£1,636.37
Avstriaci Cæsares Mariæ Annæ... Ferd[inan]di III Filiæ...Phil[i]pi IV Sponsæ...Hispana Mon[ar]chie Regine In dotale auspicum Infantis Monarchæ
by Pallavicino, Hortensio
Milan: L. Monza for A. Petrarca, 1649. Contemporary vellum over thin wooden boards, later manuscript spine title, green edges. Only Edition of this illustrated festival book. It was issued in preparation for the entry into Milan on 30 May 1649 of Maria Anna of Austria on her way to Spain to marry her uncle, King Philip IV. The portraits are set in an elaborate etched cartouche of banderoles, gristlework and imperial insignia. In excellent condition (endleaves browned). ¶Praz, Studies in 17th-Century...
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£2,991.47
[Greek title transliterated: Ekthesis tes psallomenes leitourgias en te eorte tes Xristoy genneseos...] Sposizione Della Messa Che Si Canta Nella Festa Della Natività Di Cristo
by Cidonio or Kydones, Demetrio. trans
Milan: A. Agnelli, 1757. Contemporary red morocco with gilt drawer handles, swags, thistles, lilies and small birds, flat spine gilt (small neat repair), gilt embossed paper endleaves, all edges gilt, green silk marker. ONLY EDITION of Kydones' fourteenth-century Greek translation of the chanted portion of the Ambrosian Rite Christmas Day mass. The Father of Liturgical Hymnody in the West, Saint Ambrose (c. 333-97) established a widely accepted liturgy that influenced Gallican and...
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£3,552.37
Esequie dell'Altezza Reale del Serenissimo Cosimo III Granduca di Toscana celebrate in Firenze dall' A.R. Del Serenissimo Gio: Gastone Granduca di Toscana descritte da Leonardo del Riccio
by FESTIVALS & FUNERALS. COSIMO III de' MEDICI, GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY (d. 1723); Del Riccio, Leonardo
Florence: nella Stamperia di S.A.R. Per li Tartini, e Franchi, 1725. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, edges of text-block sprinkled red. A very fine copy, printed on thick paper. The large, folding plate of the catafalque (51 x 35 cm.) is also in fine condition. An account of the funeral ceremonies for Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 30 Oct. 1723). The ceremonies took place in the basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence on 16 May 1724.The volume offers us...
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£2,601.28
Descritione della pompa funerale fatta nelle essequie del Ser.mo Sig. Cosimo de' Medici Gran Duca di Toscana nell'Alma Città di Firenze il giorno XVIJ di Maggio dell'Anno MDLXXIIII
by CEREMONIES. Cini, Giovanni Battista (1528-1586) attributed author
Florence: Giunti, 1574. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Hardcover. Fine. Title page within an architectural woodcut border containing the Medici coat-of-arms and a small view of Florence. Printer's device at the colophon. Woodcut portrait of Cosimo de' Medici on the verso of the title-page. Foxed. Bound in attractive 18th-century colored paper over thin boards. Extremely rare. No copies in North America. This is a very rare first-hand account, commissioned by Francesco de' Medici, of the elaborate...
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£2,032.25
St. Crespin Et St. Crespinien
by ST. CRISPIN & ST. CRISPINIAN. ?Third century
Orléans: [P.-F.] Perdoux, 1780. Beneath the title band lies the walled city of Soissons, fronted by a broad field. In the center left, shoemakers and cobblers serve customers and make and repair shoes in the shelter of a temporary stall. An elaborate outsized carriage dominates the scene. On the left, an angel leads the team of six white horses toward the town gate. In the carriage, a well dressed coachmen drives the beasts, which are caparisoned with the tools of the shoemaker's and cobbler's...
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£7,946.10
MARTHA STEWART LIVING : Feb. 2000 : Valentine Desserts
by Editorial Staff of MARTHA STEWART LIVING
New York, NY: Martha Stewart Living, 2000. February 2000 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/a whisper of surface to magazine's softcover. COVER ART: Jam filled heart-shaped sugar cookie. Cookery and arts & crafts. Issue also explores slow-cooked meats, coverlets putting old handerchiefs, tablecloths and blankets to creative use, with expressing Valentine's Day sentiments in mind.
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£15.04
[Masks]
by Boyvin, René
[Paris]: [René Boyvin or his atelier], 1560. CONTEMPORARY BROWN MOROCCO WITH THE ARMS OF HENRI III AS KING OF FRANCE AND POLAND in a field of lilies, the corners with his crowned cipher braced by foliage, gilt lilies cover the flat spine, evidence of four ties, all edges gilt (Olivier-Hermal-Roton 2491,2 and 2491,8). "AMONG THE BEST-KNOWN ORNAMENT PRINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL OF FONTAINEBLEAU" (Acton). Flesh has become artifact. The figure has become a work of art, a vehicle...
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£138,355.58
Circo agonale di Roma restituito all'antica forma con illuminazioni e macchine artificiali dall'E.mo, e R.mo Cardinale di Polignac ministro di S.M. Christianissima per celebrare il felice nascimento
by ROME. FESTIVALS
Rome: Nella Stamperia di Gio. Battista de Caporali, per andare all'Orso, 1729. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in later carta rustica. A fine, fresh copy on crisp paper. Very faint soiling to upper margin. A large historiated initial, decorative head- and tail-pieces. With the arms of Cardinal Polignac on the title page. A very rare account of the elaborate transformation of Piazza Navona to celebrate the birth of the Dauphin Louis, son of King Louis XV of France (1715-1774) and his royal consort...
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£3,089.02