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First edition of La visita, Carlo Cassola's debut work, published in Florence by Parenti in January 1942, in the «Literature» series.
The collection comprises nineteen youthful tales, written between 1937 and 1940, and constitutes one of the earliest testimonies of the writer's

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Carlo Cassola - La visita - 1942-1942

Angelo Gabrieli (Nobile Veneto).

Letters of Simple Compliments, by the Most Illustrious Signor Abbate Angelo Gabrieli, Nobile Veneto.
Divided into two parts… Reprinted again, with new additions… In Venice, for Ieppo Prodocimo, 1709.
Format: small 8vo (13 x 7.5 cm), contemporary

Literature, Poetry, Religion, Curio & ephemera - Quantity: 1 - Book

A. Gabrieli - Lettere di Complimenti Semplici - 1709

1746 BAROQUE EDITION OF THE EPIC CHIVALRY NOVEL "Orlando Furioso or Roland Furious - Roland Furieux" by Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533), an Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat. The work is divided into four volumes with original red morocco bindings from the period, richly

Archaeology, Art, Art history, Cavalry and chivalry, Europe, Esotericism, Fine Bindings, Heraldry, History, Illustrated, Incunabula & early printing, Linguistics, Literature, Memorabilia, Military, Royalty, Nature, Philosophy, Religion, Poetry - Quantity: 4 - Book

Ludovico Ariosto - Orlando Furioso or Roland Furious - Roland Furieux - 1764

Volume number 3 has a loose binding and the pages are not well secured. 
Volume number 2 is in very good condition. 
Volume number 1 is in good condition. 
The first and second volumes have some pages still to be detached with a utility knife, as was typical of that period. 
This

Literature - Quantity: 3 - Book

Giacomo Leopardi; Prospero Viani - Epistolario - 1892

J.R.R. Tolkien – The Lord of the Rings – Third Rusconi Edition 1978 (Paperback), SIGNED by Piero Crida (Provenance: Oronzo Cilli Library)

[IT] Lot Description:
• Author: J.R.R. Tolkien.
• Title: The Lord of the Rings (The complete trilogy in a single volume)
• Publisher:

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Signed - Book

J.R.R. Tolkien - Il Signore degli Anelli - 1978

Pietro Metastasio – Works - 8 volumes – Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1781 

130 ENGRAVINGS approx.
Prestigious series of 8 volumes of the works of the famous Abate Pietro Metastasio, printed in Venice by the publisher Antonio Zatta in 1781. 

Great iconographic apparatus of about 130

Literature, Poetry, Theatre, Illustrated - Quantity: 8 - Tipped in plates - Book

PIETRO METASTASIO - Opere del Signor Ab. Pietro Metastasio Poeta Cesareo - 8 TOMI con 130 INCISIONI - 1781-1782

First edition of this elegant and original collection of travel prose by Carlo Placci, dedicated to the author's automotive experiences in the early years of the twentieth century. The volume, which gathers several itineraries across Italy, represents a significant testament to

Transportation, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Carlo Placci - In automobile - 1908-1908

Splendid and sumptuous edition of Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni curated by Ferruccio Ulivi, illustrated with a portrait of Alessandro Manzoni and 9 color drawings, included off text, protected by tissue sheets, and 17 black-and-white illustrations in the text, all by

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates, Slipcase, Signed by author - Book

Alessandro Manzoni - Alberto Sughi - Promessi Sposi - 2002

In good condition, as shown in the photo, light foxing due to age. Inferno p. 330, Purgatorio p. 272, Paradiso p. 265, dizionario.etim. p. 323, codice bart. p. 799. Bindings in all parts. 23x15

Literature, Poetry - Quantity: 5 - Reference book

Dante Alighieri - La Divina Commedia - 1823

Important antique volume by Alessandro Manzoni, titled Opere varie, published in Milan in 1845 by Giuseppe Redaelli Printing.

The title page bears the inscription «Edizione riveduta dall’autore».

Fine period binding in half-leather, with marbled boards, spine decorated with

Alessandro Manzoni - Opere Varie - 1845

Francesco Petrarca.
The Petrarch, with the exposition by Alessandro Vellutello.
Venice, 1538 — Historical-literary, artistic, and bibliographical presentation.
The copy presented here belongs to the Venetian edition of 1538 of The Petrarch with the exposition of Alessandro

Literature, Poetry, Illustrated, Original artwork, Incunabula & early printing, History, Bibliography, Biographies and memoirs - Quantity: 1 - Book

Francesco Petrarca; Alessandro Vellutello - Il Petrarcha - 1538

Carlo Cassola – Memorable Times. Autograph dedication to Lamberto Vitali.
Turin, Einaudi, 1966.

First edition, series “I Coralli,” no. 229.

Copy with the author’s autograph dedication to Lamberto Vitali, an important art critic, historian of photography, and Italian collector.


Literature - Quantity: 1 - Signed by author - Book

Carlo Cassola - (Autografato) Tempi memorabili - 1966-1966

Parnaso Italiano.
ARiOSTO, BERNI,
SATIRISTS AND BURLESQUES OF THE 16th CENTURY.
Parnaso Italiano, or Collection of the Italian classical poets… Volume XXVII.
Venice, at Antonio Zatta e Figli, 1787.
Pp. (8), 280. In-8° (about 17 cm).
Contemporary binding in half-leather with

Literature, Poetry, Illustrated, Philosophy, Erotica, Religion, Reference, Esotericism, Cavalry and chivalry, Linguistics - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

ARIOSTO, BERNI - Satirici e burleschi del secolo XVI - 1787

A most prized illustrated Treccani edition of Torquato Tasso’s “Gerusalemme Liberata.” In Italian. Number 906 of 1499 numbered copies. In perfect condition.

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Reference book

Torquato Tasso; Mimmo Paladino - Gerusalemme liberata - 2012-2012

Laurence Sterne – Yorick’s Sentimental Journey – Translation by Ugo Foscolo – 1825.
Laurence Sterne.
Yorick’s Sentimental Journey through France and Italy.
Translation by Didimo Chierico (Ugo Foscolo).

Italy, 1825.

217 numbered pages, including the index. Complete copy.


Travels, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Laurence Sterne; traduzione di Didimo Chierico (Ugo Foscolo) - Viaggio sentimentale di Yorick - 1825

GLOBO SINE (BOLOGNESI, Sergio). Teschio. Venice, Cenacolo della Fiamma Movimento d’Arte Moderna editions, 1931. Grand in 8vo of 8 pages, bound by a brown lace, cover in raw cardboard, illustration in brown and shades of brown mounted on the front cover, double brown rule framing,

Sine Globo - Teschio - 1931

Rarest edition dedicated to Carlo Collodi's masterpiece... "The Adventures of Pinocchio told to the youngest readers." A distinctive adaptation and colored plates produced under the direction of Renato Franceschini, 1942 edition - second edition published by Marzocco.

Children's books, Illustrated, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

C. Collodi/Attilio Mussino - Le avventure di Pinocchio - 1942

FMR - Art’è, Bologna 2005;  cm 45.5 x 33.5; pages XLIX-405, with 10 beautiful color lithographic plates outside the text by Marchionni; pages on fine pure cotton paper, specially made for this work. Bodoni-type type. Fine binding in natural leather dyed in a bottle tone, produced

Orlando Furioso - introduzione di Walter Pedullà  illustrazioni di Elvio Marchionni - FMR - 2005

In-8° (approximately 22 × 14 cm), pp. 90. Soft-cover edition with a rare illustrated dust jacket in linocut by Mino Maccari, printed in black on a blue background. Series: Biblioteca di Paragone.

First edition in volume, published posthumously, of what is unanimously regarded as

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

Silvio D'Arzo - Casa d'altri - 1953

Splendid and monumental large folio (ca. 434 x 313 mm) printed in Bergamo in 1781 by the renowned typographer Francesco Locatelli. The volume gathers the precious miscellany of celebratory nuptial poems marking the most politically, socially, and economically significant marriage

Francesco Locatelli - Poesie per le felicissime nozze del nobile signor conte e cavaliere Giovanni Estorre Albani - 1781

Ti con zero by Italo Calvino, first Italian edition, one of the most significant works of Calvino's output linked to the strand of literary science fiction and scientific fantasy. The volume represents a natural continuation of the path started with Cosmicomics, exploring themes

Literature, Children's books, Science fiction and fantasy, Young adult fiction, Science - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

Italo Calvino - Ti con zero - 1a Edizione Einaudi - 1967

Rare adventure novel with esoteric flavor from the Venetian eighteenth century.

The fascinating work "Adventures of Ricardo Oberton" (alternative title: La Magia Bianca), printed in Venice in 1787 at the famous Stamperia Formaleoni, is proposed. The volume represents the "First

[Jacques Cazotte] - Avventure di Ricardo Oberton - 1787

_ Foucault's Pendulum - Bompiani - 1st edition 1988 - 518 pages - hardcover with dust jacket;
_ The Second Minimal Diary - Bompiani - 1st edition 1992 - 350 pages - hardcover with dust jacket;
_ The Island of the Day Before - Bompiani - 1st edition 1994 - 478 pages - hardcover

Literature - Quantity: 5 - Book

Umberto Eco - Il pendolo di Foucault , Baudolino, L'isola del giorno prima, Il secondo diario minimo e La - 1988-2004

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