Search Results: Titles starting with I from Liber Antiquus

Venice: Apresso Bartolomeo Carampello, 1581. SECOND EDITION (1st 1570), seen through the press by Palladio's son, Silla. Hardcover. Fine. An attractive, unsophisticated copy, bound in contemporary vellum (re-used from an identified Hebrew manuscript, the text of which is on the inward facing side of the manuscript leaf and can be vaguely discerned.) Aside from discreet repairs to the vellum, a copy with no interventions, the condition very appealing. Binding soiled with defects to spine and corners, original rawhide ties largely intact. The text is overall very fresh with minor signs of use: contents shaken with very slight curling at the fore-edge of the opening gatherings, light wear and soiling to the first leaf, with a small (15 mm.) worm-trail in the blank margin; scattered light marginal damp-stains, some finger-soiling at the margins on various leaves, a few light ink stains; small defect to the lower corner of the final leaf (without touching the text or illustration.) Provenance: Jacopo… Read More

Naples: Giovanni Domenico Montanaro, 1634. FIRST EDITION of the first work. SECOND EDITION (1st ed. 1604), with updates, of the second work. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, moderately soiled. Internally very good copies: I. ('Il Puttino'): Free end-paper a little ragged, upper blank margin of first few leaves slightly nibbled, mild foxing, gatherings G-I lightly browned, occasional small stains. II. ('Inventione'): Small dark stain in upper blank margin throughout, not affecting the text; gathering G lightly browned. Large woodcut printer's device on both title pages. Alessandro Salvio (1575-1640) was one of the foremost Neapolitan chess-players. A student of Michele di Mauro, Salvio cemented his international standing in 1598 when he defeated the Sicilian master, Paolo Boi. He established a chess academy in his native Naples (in the house of jurist Alessandro Rovito) and was a frequent player in the chess houses of the city, where he also demonstrated his skill at blindfold… Read More

London: Printed [by Richard Field] for Nathaniell Butter, ca, 1612. FIRST EDITION of Chapman's complete translation of Homer's "Iliad". This is a variant with two added leaves of sonnets (printed as a bifolium) to Sir Edward Philips, and to Viscounts Cranborne and Rochester (bound after Gg7). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 17th c. English paneled calf, rebacked (early 20th c.?), minor wear at extremities. A very fine copy. Engraved t.p. lightly soiled and with a few light spots, and a small adhesion scar. The text is crisp and bright with occ. light blemishes; light marginal damp-staining or soling in a few gatherings towards the end; small worm-trail, not affecting text in the gutter of the later gatherings. Provenance: Early signature on front free endpaper, "Sam.[ue]l Cooper 1780". Bookplates of Percival F. Hinton (1896-1977) and Kenneth Rapoport. The impressive engraved title page by William Hole is shows full-length figures of Achilles and Hector in full armor eyeing each other from opposite sides… Read More

Rome: Presso Lazzarini, 1792. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Printed on blue paper. In contemporary mottled calf, the spine and boards tooled in gold. A very fine copy of the very rare first catalogue of the Museo Pio-Clementino - founded by Pope Clement XIV in 1771 and greatly expanded his successor by Pius VI-, written for the use of visitors by the keeper of the museum, Pasquale Massi of Cesena. Rare. The Museo Pio-Clementino was the first major curatorial museum within what are known today collectively as the Vatican Museums. In 1771, Pope Clement XIV had Michelangelo Simonetti adapt the Belvedere Pavilion to accommodate the papal collection of ancient art. When Clement's successor, the avid art collector Pius VI, was elevated to the pontificate in 1775, the pace of acquisition increased dramatically and very soon the collections outgrew the rooms arranged for them by Simonetti. In 1776, Pius VI called for a radical restructuring of the existing museum and the construction of new, grand spaces… Read More