Search Results: Authors starting with B from Chartaphilus - Libri antichi e rari

8° (mm 150x104); cc. (8), pp. 128. Marca (?) silografica al frontespizio (busto d'uomo sormontato da aquila bicipite entro scudo); capilettera e fregî silografici. Legatura coeva in cartoncino colorato. Qualche lieve fioritura, tuttavia buon esemplare. Editio princeps postuma, assai rara.Banchieri rewrites, in Italian and Bolognese dialect, the famous Zanti's guide - Nomi et cognomi di tutte le strade, contrade et borghi di Bologna. Dicchiarando la origine de principij loro. Dove si narrano tutti li conventi di frati et monache: le chiese, parocchie et spirituali compagnie. Con alcune cose più notabili della citta, tanto di scoltura, come di pittura, Bologna, Appresso Pellegrino Bonardo, [1583] - updating and enriching it "with the addition of sites, places, borders, commerce and notable things, which in that city they are enclosed": doors, districts, hamlets and hamlets, streets, squares, crossroads and markets are meticulously reviewed. A brief introduction in Italian - entitled "Mercurio" - is… Read More

(cm 33x27,5). An elaborate - very rare - children's movable and pop-up book by the Munich lawyer and author of humourous verse, Franz Bonn (cfr. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Bonn). This complete with four splendid perspective scenes, each with five different levels. The scenes are "The Menagerie", "The Circus", "The Puppet Theater" (with a rotating disc), and "Summer in the Park". With verses by Mrs. Bonn. Klotz I, 592, 4. We could trace just one other copy (Munich, IJB).