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The comedies of Terence and some by Plautus.
Prato.
Aldine Typography.
1853.
Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt titles and decorations on the spine. 
Two volumes. 
Two printer's marks on the frontispieces depicting an anchor, in honor of the most famous Venetian printer

Literature - Quantity: 2 - Book

Terenzio/Plauto - Le commedie di Terenzio e alcune di Plauto - 1853

Karel Hynek Mácha: “Máj”. Poemetto romantico ceco di K. H. Mácha († 1836). Il capolavoro della letteratura cecoslovacca. Versione poetica di Riccardo Selvi.

Tipografia Coppitelli & Palazzotti, Roma.
Signed by the translator, Riccardo Selvi, on the page following the title page,

Literature, Poetry - Quantity: 1 - Signed - Book

Signed, Karel Hynek Mácha; Riccardo Selvi - MÁJ - 1934

For sale: a gem of late nineteenth-century Italian publishing—the famous edition “Vade Mecum” of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, published in Florence by G. Barbèra in 1898, as stated on the title page.

It is the renowned 'microscopic' edition, designed with the ambitious aim

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Signed - Book

Dante Alighieri - La Divina Commedia - 1898

Considering the 99 years since it was printed, I must say that it is in really good condition; it has no torn or creased pages. For each drawing there is, as protection, a tissue sheet. The paper is of excellent quality and it is hand-bound.

Illustrated, Literature, Fine Bindings, Humour & caricature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Giulio Cesare Croce / Adriano Banchieri / M. G. Bazzi - Bertoldo Bertoldino e Cacasenno - 1927

Publisher: Giulio Einaudi Editore.
Necklace: The Corals.
Year of publication: 1959.
Format: Trade paperback.
Lot status: Excellent overall condition.
Description of the lot.
Important lot consisting of three fundamental works by Cesare Pavese, all published in the historic I

Literature - Quantity: 3 - Book

Cesare Pavese - Paesi tuoi; Feria d'agosto; Prima che il gallo canti - 1959

Andrea Camilleri – The Snack Thief (1998) – Author-signed copy.
For sale: a rare autographed copy by the author of The Snack Thief, Andrea Camilleri, dated 1998.

The volume comes from my private collection entirely dedicated to Andrea Camilleri, one of the rarest existing,

Literature, Young adult fiction, Sociology, History - Quantity: 1 - Signed by author, Signed, Signed by illustrator - Book

Signed; Andrea Camilleri - Il Ladro di Merendine - 1998

Very rare edition (the first edition is from 1535) of the comedy "The Negromancer" by Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), performed for the first time in 1528.
The comedy tells the story of a young man's schemes to gain entry to his beloved's home; however, the plot centers primarily

Theatre, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Ariosto - Il Negromante. Comedia - 1542

Collection of all the dramas and various works.
by Carlo Goldoni.
10 volumes: from 1 to 10 — each one complete in itself.
Vol. 1 - pp. 328 (1)
Vol. 2 - pp. 322 (1)
Vol. 3 - pp. 294 (1)
Vol. 4 - pp. 288 (1)
Vol. 5 - pp. 278 (1)
Vol. 6 - pp. 287 (1)
Vol. 7 - pp. 288 (1)
Vol. 8 -

Literature - Quantity: 10 - Book

Carlo Goldoni - Collezione di tutti i Drammi e le Opere diverse di Carlo Goldoni - 1823

ARNALDO FUSINATO.
Poems.
by Arnaldo Fusinato.
Newly illustrated, second edition, revised and enlarged by the author (featuring more than fifty drawings)
Venice, printing house of Giovanni Cecchini, 1862.
Volume II, pp.279,(1).

A rare and fascinating nineteenth-century edition of

Poetry, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Arnaldo Fusinato - Poesie - 1862

Canzoniere, Trionfi (Petrarca Queriniano). Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana, Inc. G V 15. Salerno Editrice, Rome, 2016. Facsimile reproduction of the Venetian incunabulum by Vindelino da Spira from 1470, with illustrations painted by Antonio Grifo. Luxurious paper manuscript

Literature, Poetry, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Francesco Petrarca; Antonio Grifo - Petrarca. Canzoniere, Trionfi - 2016

Very Rare Edition.
Ludovico Ariosto.
Orlando Furioso.
Venice, at the house of Zaccaria Conzatti, 1672.
Two title pages with the five additional songs.
Pp. 526, (263 cards) 16.8 × 11.4 cm.
Sheet 25 is missing, and 264–65 (additional chants), perhaps fasc. 2L? Index.

An

Literature, Poetry, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

L. Ariosto; L. Dolce; Tomaso Porcacchi - Orlando Furioso - 1672

The Divine Comedy illustrated by Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni.
Artwork in the form of a book conceived and created by Opera, Italian Society of Art and Culture, in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society, published on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's

Illustrated, Literature, Religion - Quantity: 1 - Slipcase, Signed by author, Hand coloured illustrations - Book

Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni - La Divina Commedia - 2021

Various works by Mario Soldati.

- Rami Secchi, Rizzoli, 1st edition, 1989 (pp. 64);
- Ghost stories, CDE, 1st edition, 1962 (pp. 305), dedicated to Graham Greene;
- The Two Cities, Euro Club, 3rd edition, 1978 (pp. 540) with a silk bookmark;
- El Paseo de Gracia, CDE, 1st

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Mario Soldati - Rami secchi/El paseo de gracia/La sposa americana/Le due città/Le lettere da Capri/Storie di Spettri - 1962

Volume containing the text by J.L. Borges and an essay by M. Karpowicz on Polish funeral portraits. Includes the original control slip.
Conditions:
Overall, excellent condition. Binding and slipcase intact. There is a handwritten dedication dated 1987 on the first blank page.

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Slipcase - Book

Jorge Luis Borges - Libro delle Visioni - 1980

The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
Oscar Wilde.
Modernissima/Milan - 1920 - Anglo-American Literature - design - 1st edition - dust jacket browned with age, ownership signature and date on a blank page, two pages taped in a non-invasive way; otherwise the copy is in good condition.

Literature, Art, Graphic design - Quantity: -1 - Book

Oscar Wilde/Giò Ponti - La ballata del carcere di Reading - 1920

First and most beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest,' published in 1913 by the Italian Institute of Graphic Arts. It is enriched with beautiful illustrations by Edmund Dulac, applied outside the text in a frame with talking tissue guards. The illustrations are

Illustrated, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

William Shakespeare/Edmund Dulac - La Tempesta - 1913

In the same volume:
Of Mr. Torquato Tasso's Rimes. Part Six. In Milan: printed for Gio. Battista Bidelli, 1619. Pp. 234, (2). Contains, complete and with its own title page: The Burning of Corinna; The Phoenix; Aminta; The King Torrismondo.
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The Rinaldo of Mr. Torquato Tasso.

T. Tasso - Rime + Rinaldo - 1619

Andrea Camilleri – The Bell (2009) – Autographed copy by the author.
For sale: a rare autographed copy by the author of Il Sonaglio, Andrea Camilleri, 2009.

The volume comes from my private collection entirely dedicated to Andrea Camilleri, one of the rarest existing, composed

Signed; Andrea Camilleri - Il Sonaglio - 2009

The Virtue Vilipended, or the Triumph of Ignorance, by D. Bonaventura Tondi, from Gubbio, Olivetine monk … In Naples: by Lodouico Cauallo ..., 1681. Preceded, with a small notice, by "Libellus honoris, et observantiae, promulgativus laudum ... domini d. Caroli Calà regentis ...

B. Tondi - La virtù vilipesa - L'Asino coronato - 1658

Three-volume necklace of 'I Promessi Sposi' by Alessandro Manzoni illustrated by Giorgio De Chirico.
In 1980.
Sold at the time for 110,000 lire per volume.
Red velvet hardcover and volume box

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 3 - Book

Alessandro Manzoni / Giorgio de Chirico - I Promessi Sposi - 1980

D'Azeglio Massimo. Niccolò de' Lapi or the Palleschi and the Piagnoni. Paris Baudry 1841. Beautiful contemporary edition of the original famous historical novel by the great politician, patriot, and Turin-born writer. Set during the siege of Florence in 1530 by the troops of

D'Azeglio Massimo. - Niccolò de' Lapi - 1841

Niccolò Carteromaco – Ricciardetto.
Paris, Francesco Pitteri, 1755.
pp. xlvi, 420; 15.8 × 9.2 cm, contemporary binding in stiff parchment with the title handwritten on the spine. Volume I.
With an engraved frontispiece depicting cherubs.

The Ricciardetto is a chivalric poem that

Poetry, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Niccolò Carteromaco - Ricciardetto - 1755

Examination of the alleged donation made by S. Arrigo Imper. to the Holy See.
Naples.
in the year 1785.
1 volume in 8vo, pp 119, 19th-century half-leather binding with gilt titles on the spine, light browning to the first and last pages, but an excellent copy.

Unnamed author but

Philosophy, Literature, Politics, Religion, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Giuseppe Cestari - Esame della pretesa donazione fatta da S.Arrigo Imper. alla S.Sede - 1785

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