Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de De Simone Company, Booksellers

Folio. 325 x 250 mm., (12 ¾ x 9 ½ inches). 636 folio leaves. Bound together in original large full vellum, with fore edge ties, title in ink on spine. High quality paper stock for first 2/3 of the volume; the final third shows some foxing and ink damage to stock of paper. Texts written in various secretarial hands. Some of the authors represented in the Miscellany include Orazio Della Rena (Colle Val d'Elsa, 1564 - 1630), a diplomat and member of the Grand Ducal Secretariat at the court of the Ferdinando I de 'Medici of Tuscany. From 1590 until 1604 he was part of the Secretariat to Spain for Ferdinand I. His report on the government of the West Indies, Peru, Chile and Brazil is the second and third "Relazzione" included in the collection. There are a number of reports on Poland by the Abate Fantucci, Rodrigo Alidosi a Medicean diplomat sent to Poland in 1605, Paolo Minucci, and Christofano Piero Masini. They describe fore the most part the political and economic conditions in this eastern… Leer más

The collection includes 125 titles, most printed in Dublin and London, and nearly all in first edition. All are bound in original cloth or near contemporary bindings and the collection is in excellent condition. One of the features of the collection is the number of titles written by Irish women. Nearly twenty-five percent of the publication are by women and many others are dedicated to women.
To see a complete list of titles with detailed descriptions, copy the the link below into your browser and tap the "enter" key:
https://www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com/images/upload/list-7-new-series-mulderig-irish-poetry.pdf

Italy (Rome?): N.p., 1630. Folio. 305 x 210 mm. (12 x 8 ½ inches). 17th century Latin manuscript in one hand, highly legible, covering the years 1492-1503. 608 numbered leaves. Illustrated with two engraved title-pages by Francesco Villamena (1566-1624) in the monumental style with a large architectural border and the title written in ink. The coat-of-arms drawn in manuscript in the title-page are of the arms of the Borgia Family and the engraving of the title-page border is in an early, unrecorded state. Pen and ink initials in of Federico Cesi drawn in the lower boarder on the engraved plate. Full 18th century sheep binding, red leather label; spine and edges rubbed, but sound. Some browning to the paper stock, but no deterioration to the paper and not effecting the legibility of the text. Otherwise very good copy. Johann Burckhard (ca 1450-1506), a member of the court of Pope Alexander VI, oversaw papal ceremonies and official activities of the Pontiff from the 1480's until his death in 1506.… Leer más

Printed in Catalan, Valencia, and Zaragoza, 1850. 101 folio half sheets.  315 x 215 mm., [12 ¼ x 8 ½  inches]; nine are full folio sheets size printed two up.  A few stained, and some with repair, but generally in very good condition. "GOIGS' (from Catalan; 'joys') are poetic compositions of a popular nature , which are sung to the Virgin Mary, to Christ or to the Saints.  They are sung collectively, within the framework of a religious act of a major event, such as a festival, a mass, a religious meeting, or a procession.  The purpose is to give a collective thanks from a congregation for blessings received, a prayer answered, or to ask for the physical or spiritual health of the community."  (Grup Encyclopedia Catalana) Since the 16th century goigs have been printed in folio format and distributed by religious communities, churches, monasteries, and convents in Catalonia, especially the cities of Barcelona (45), Figueres (7), Girona (6), Lleida (3), Manresa (10), Mataró (1), Olot (2),… Leer más

Birmingham or Sheffield, 1770. Oblong folio. 390 x 220 mm. (15 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches). Vellum spine over decorative blue paper wrappers, paper label with title in Italian on upper board and ink title in Italian on spine. Paper stock toned with age, a few leaves with staining in the margin, otherwise in good condition. Silversmith model book, containing 80 full-page engravings of candles sticks and holders, candelabra, pitchers, plates, salt and pepper shakers, serving utensils, silverware, and other household pieces. Each image is beautifully and careful engraved, with rich detail and ornamentation. Each includes a printed product number as well as one in ink with a different item number and a price. Although there is no title-page or signatures of engravers, this large sales catalogue appears to be English as some of the engravings have English words of explanation engraved in the text. The binding is definitely Italian, and the paper label is in an Italian hand. The watermark is a "fleur de lis"… Leer más

France, 1880. One hundred eighty-seven (187) original woodblocks (see photos 1 - 4) for illustrations of various dishes, surtouts, kitchen equipment, etc., that appeared in works by Urbain Dubois (1818-1901). Information provided on back labels of single blocks (more on this below) identifies the following sources:  La Grand Livre des pâtissiers et des confiseurs La Cuisine de tous le pays La cuisine d'aujourd'hui La Cuisine artistique, étude de l'école moderne La Cuisine classique Given that each of these titles typically contained hundreds of illustrations and that identification of all of the woodblocks has not been achieved, it is unlikely that this group constitutes a complete set for any single title. It is possible that some were used in multiple works, but that remains to be verified. Dubois is a pivotal figure in the history of French cuisine and certainly one of the most prolific culinary authors of the Belle Epoque. He is credited with introducing service à la russe to… Leer más

1775. 4to. 270 mx 205 mm., (11 x 8 inches). 243 leaves, with some blanks between essays. Text includes numerous equations and hand drawn diagrams in the margins. 19th century vellum backed marbled paper boards, vellum tips, manuscript title on spine. A note in pencil, written in Italian, reads in part, "Purchased in the Compo di Fiori May 10, 1933." Born in Turin, Italy in 1736, Lagrange was locally educated and by the age of 17 had recognized his skills in the natural sciences and applied himself to the study of mathematics. He published his first essay on Newton's binomial theory in 1754 at the age of 18 and in 1755 became a life-long correspondent of Leonhard Euler who at that time was living in Berlin. For the rest of his life Lagrange communicated both in print and through letters with the most important mathematicians working in Europe including Riccati, d'Alembert, Bernoulli and Condorcet, to name a few. In 1756 Lagrange was elected to the Berlin Academy of Science and after years of waiting… Leer más

Firenze: (Torrentino), 1567. Small 4to. 227 x 155 mm., (9 x 6 inches). [8], 62 pp., wanting final blank. Title-page illustrated with a monumental architectural border in the mannerism style and floral and historiated initial letters throughout the volume.  Bound in 19th century decorated paper binding; some minor discoloration to the paper binding, otherwise very good.  Extremely rare printing of a contemporary treatise on the proportions of the human body, demonstrating the influence of Michelangelo's ideas of anatomy and the fine arts.  It was written by Vincenzo Danti, second son of the artists and engineer Giulio and brother of the mathematician Egnazio Danti, now remembered for his publication on architectural  perspective and Euclid.   Il Primo Libro is the only work by Vincenzo to survive and it was the first book in a series of fifteen projected studies that he intended to publish, based on the anatomical teachings of Michelangelo.  Danti grew up in Florence under the shadow of… Leer más

4to. 275 x 195 mm., (10 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches). [26], 751, 17 pp. Illustrated with an engraved title-page, an engraved portrait of the author, an engraved map of the Middle East by the noted engraver and cartographer Placido Donia, 10 engravings of antique alphabets in the text. Bound in late 18th century vellum, red leather letter pieces on the spine. Text with signatures that are brown, some light foxing throughout the text.
Rare first edition of a very rare work describing 'Paradise' or the 'Garden of Eden', the place where human life was first created. The work is organized in three parts; first a discussion of etymology of the word "paradise" and how it was used by Christian scholars over the centuries. The second part is a detailed description of the Middle East both during ancient and modern time. He describes the travel, navigation, geography, and character of the people and for today's researcher this is the most important part of the book. It should be noted that information about the… Leer más

Milano: Philippe Foyot per Rocco & Ambrosio da Valle, 1521. Two parts on one volume.  Large 8vo.  280 x 190 mm., [11 x 7 ¼ inches].  [18] including a blank leaf, 161, [1] ff.; [16], 146 ff.  Large woodcut frontispiece introducing the second part of an image representing and a printer's device which appears three times.  Bound in contemporary vellum; spine stained brown, probably by the original glue and some spotting to the boards. First edition of this important book of epigrams and love poetry by Lancino Curti, published posthumously by his nephew Gaspare della Chiesa. Curti's work constitutes one of the most important sources of the cultural life of Milan from the end of the 15th and the first decade of the 16th century.  In particular it documents the court of Lodovico il Moro, the French occupation of Milan in 1499, the exile of Lodovico, expulsion of the French by the Swiss and the instillation of Ludovico's son Massimiliano to the throne, and his removal in 1512 when the French… Leer más

(Rome), 1744. 4to.  280 x 200 mm., (11 x 8 inches).  [2] ff. title & introduction, [11] pp. index, 176 ff.  Manuscript letters in secretarial hand, on ruled paper.  Bound in contemporary red calf, with the coat-of-arms of the Riviera family in gilt on upper board.  Very good copy.   Series of 217 manuscript letters written by Cardinal Domenico Riviera (1671-1752), from the years of 1711 - 1716, while he was Secretary for the Consistorial Congregation of the College of Cardinals and the Congregation of the Sacred See, under the Pontificate of Clement XI.  The letter were  copied from the originals in 1744 by Fillippo Antonio Ronconi, Head of the Vatican Secret Archive during the decade of the 1740's.  This copy was given to Riviera by Ronconi.   Cardinal Domenico Riviera (1671-1752) of Aquila, studied at Bologna and took a Doctorate in Theology at Urbino.  In the first decade of the 18th century he moved to Rome and began his career as a diplomat for the Vatican, which is reflected in… Leer más

Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi & Andreae Asulani, 1522. 8vo.  165 x 100 mm., [6 ¼ x 4 inches].  204 ff., first 4 leaves unnumbered, leaf 136 numbered 236.  Bound in contemporary Venetian brown calf, both boards decorated in blind with triple fillet borders, enclosing a larger border of embossed floral pattern with designs of urns in the four corners. The center of the board is decorated with a four leaf pattern forming a stylized diamond shape.  The spine has three bands, and the panels are tooled with crossing pattern of three lines forming a X with a line across the center.  The ties are missing, and the upper board has been slashed in four places, probably by a blade.  The binding shows some wear at the joints and edges, the head and tail of the spine has been very sympathetically repaired.  There is a small paper flaw to the title-leaf affecting three lines of text on the verso.  With faults, quite a good copy in sound condition.   On the rear endpaper there is a "Tabula" in contemporary… Leer más

Roma, ca, 16980. Small folio.  300 x 210 mm., (12 x 8 ¼ inches).  Engraved architectural title-page with two women holding the crown over the text, 31 number plates of Martyrs after paintings by Niccolo Circignani engraved by Giovanni Battista Cavaliere, plus and additional plate designed by Cornelio Cort of the Holy Trinity and presumably printed by Cavaliere.  Bound in 17th century vellum with the arms of Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali gilt on both covers, set within decorative gilt borders. As the title-page reads, this copy was printed specially for Cardinal Imperiali, a nobleman from  Genoa and general treasurer under Pope Innocent XI.  There is stamp of the Imperiali Library on the title-page as well as an inscription in brown ink.  Along with the library stamp, there is printed in the pedestal on lower right of the architectural border, an "eagle with a crown", the arms of the Imperiali family, which is repeated on the covers of the vellum binding.  The book is a collection of… Leer más

Paris: Place de l'Estrapade, No. 28 (Impr. de Panckoucke), 1831. 4to (280 x 220 mm). 64 leaves, plus 4 large folding specimen broadsides bound at end. 3 preliminary leaves: title, with Leger's monogram, 2-page Avis to printers and booksellers, 2-page price list, the latter bearing the official royal ink stamp (Timbre royal); 61 specimen leaves and 4 large folding plates, printed on rectos only. Double rule borders throughout. Thin but fine wove paper.  Occasional light spotting, foxing along folds of broadsides, tiny hole in 3rd broadside. Stab-stitched in original printed blue wrappers, soiled, tears to back strip, untrimmed. A near fine copy of a well printed specimen book, containing a complete range of type specimens and an extensive display of decorative and illustrative material from the stock of a master Parisian typefounder with ties to the Didot family. This appears to be the only general stock catalogue to have been issued by this typefounder, of whom little is known other than the fact,… Leer más

Venice: Gaspare Storti, 1782. Fine Binding. First Edition. 8vo.  195 x 120 mm.  (7 ½ x 5 inches).  (2), 144, (2) pp. Giovanni Battista Gherado d'Arco (1739-1791), was born and educated in the north of Italy in the territory known as the Southern Tyrol, near the city of Trento. He moved to Mantua following his cousin Carlo Firmian, a minister of state for the city. D'Arco continued to study economics there and became an important member of the civil service and contributor to the literary life of his adopted home. He was a member of the enlightened class, writing plays and satires in addition to his scholarly work on the economy and government. In Della influenza del ghetto nello stato, D'Arco studies the impact of the Jewish community on the economy of the city, especially as it relates to lending money to support agricultural production. He outlines the limits of the Ghetto participation in general economy and following the theories of colleagues Giovanni Battista Vasco and Pietro Verri,… Leer más

Venezia: Stampata da Giambattista Albrizzi, 1745. Folio.  435 x 300 mm., [17 x 11 /34 inches].  [11] p. l., 254 leaves.  Bound in contemporary mottled calf; raised bands and gilt spine, decorated endpapers; some minor pitting to the leather boards where the acid used to mottle the calf has deteriorated and very small cracks to head and tail of spine.  With the book plate of the founder and publisher of the Roman newspaper La Repubblica, Eugenio Scalfari.  An unsophisticated copy in very good condition. The text block includes a half title; engraved allegorical frontispiece of Apollo and the Muses, with a portrait of Tasso in the upper right; title-page printed in red and black with an allegorical engraved vignette representing Venice and Neptune;  a full page engraved portrait of Maria Theresa as a mature women by Piazzetta and engraved by Felice Polanzani;  5 page dedication to Maria Theresa by Albrizzi with an engraved initial letter;  six page subscriber's list;  6 page essay "Allegoria… Leer más

Venezia: [Giambattista Albrizzi], 1760. Oblong folio.  310 x 430 mm., [12 ¼ x 17 inches].  Engraved frontispiece portrait of Piazzetta as an older man flanked by allegorical images of painting and sculpture;  title-page printed in red and black ink with an allegorical engraving illustrating Venice and the Arts;  3 page dedication with coat-of-arm of Count Carlo Firmian with an engraved initial letter and a tail-piece of an angel blowing a trumpet;  1 page dated notice by Albrizzi describing the content of the book and the artists who made the designs and engravings;  2 page "Prefazione";  4 page Memorie intorno alla Vita di Giambattista Piazzetta by Albrizzi with an engraved initial letter and a second state of an engraved self-portrait of Piazzetta originally made in 1738;  23 pages of text with instructions to the student about the engravings to follow; and 48 engraved plates of designs of the human body by Pitteri after designs by Piazzetta.  With an additional 4 engraved plates of… Leer más

New York: Edward Bierstadt, 1866. Image size including text: 425 x 705 mm., (16 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches). Steel engraving by James Smillie after a painting by Albert Bierstadt that was completed in 1863.  Signed in Pencil by both Bierstadt and Smillie. A few brown spots removed by expert paper conservator.  Excellent condition.      "This painting is the major work that resulted from the artist's first trip to the West. His intention to create panoramic views of the American frontier was apparent by December 1858, just before he embarked on the trip. In early 1859 he accompanied a government survey expedition, headed by Frederick W. Lander, to the Nebraska Territory. By summer, the party had reached the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains in what is now Wyoming. Bierstadt dubbed the central mountain in the picture Lander's Peak following the colonel's death in the Civil War. This was one of a number of large works painted after Bierstadt's return from these travels. It was completed in 1863,… Leer más

Folio. 372 x 245 mm. (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches). [xii] (first leaf blank), 99 pp. Engraved title-page vignette, 15 plates, 3 of which are folding, 5 engraved head-pieces and 2 engraved tail-pieces. Bound in contemporary half calf
Bound in contemporary vellum, gilt borders on the boards, gilt spine; the arms of Pius VI (Giovanni Angelico Braschi of Cesena 1717-1799) gilt on both boards; very fresh copy, with only a few minor abrasions to the vellum binding.
Only Edition. Beautiful copy printed by Giambattista Bodoni at the Stamperia Reale in Parma. It is illustrated with 15 engravings and seven head- and tail-pieces designed by Gerli and Domenico Muzzi and engraved by Domenico Gagnoni, Girolamo Mantelli and Giuseppe Patrini, engravers who worked closely with the Bodoni's press.
Gerli's
Opuscoli, is divided into five parts, all of which are testaments to his technical and artistic skills. The first part is devoted to Gerli's… Leer más

Paris: Chez Ian d'Allyer, 1555. 4to.  225 x 160 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches].  [6], 257, [3] ff.  [A4, e2, A-TTt3]; plus 6 pp. manuscript table of contents bound-in.  First two leaves with early paper repairs to lower margins; final two leaves with paper repairs to the lower corners. Illustrated with Title-page portrait of the author, repeated once in the text;  a full-page woodcut of a castle showing soldiers at the ramparts and a waving banner of the Virgin and Christ child perched upon a quarter moon, opposite text enclosed within a large woodcut border illustrated with the implements of war and at the bottom a woman firing two canons at once (repeated 6 times in the text); a full-page woodcut of a Goddess of War with symbols of feathers on her uniform addressing a seated conclave of women on version, opposite the woodcut border of the implements of war, repeated twice in the text; the image of the goddess and the woodcut border repeated once as separate images in the text; decorated with… Leer más