DIARY OF CHARLES SAWYER, AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM. 1944.
Stapled Pamphlet. A reprint of the diary of Charles Sawyer while he served as Ambassador to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg from October 25 through December 31st of 1944. More
History--Europe
DANTE’S ITALY AND OTHER ESSAYS (MIDDLE AGES SERIES)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984. Hard Cover. First Edition. This copy with some neat underlining and occasional marginalia. The dustjacket has modest shelfwear, but it is bright and clean; it is now protected with a new mylar cover. More
HISTOIRE DE L’ORIGINE DU ROYAUME DE SICILE ET DE NAPLES. CONTENANT LES AVANTURES & LES CONQUESTES DES PRINCES NORMANDS QUI L’ONT ETABLI.
Paris: Chez Anisson, 1801. 12mo. Full Leather. A rebacked copy, with most of the original spine laid down; in speckled calf, with gilt at the spine. [16], 233, 200, [22] pp.~~One of the several histories penned by the French Jesuit..... More
DE GOUDE EN ZILVERE GANGBAARE PENNINGEN DER GRAAVEN EN GRAAVINNEN VAN HOLLAND, IN ER EGTE STAND EN WAARE WEEZENS VERTOOND EN BEHANDELD, EN MED EEN KORTE BESCHRIIVING DER PRINSELIIKE LEEVENS-BEDRIIVEN OPGEHELDERD, DOOR KORNELIS VAN ALKEMADE.
Delft: Andriez Voorstad, 1700. Full Leather. First Edition. A numismatic study on the gold and silver coins in the collection of the Count and Countess of Holland, by Cornelis van Alkemade, a Dutch historian and collector of antique coins and..... More
MEMOIRS OF EMANUEL AUGUSTUS DIEUDONNE COUNT DE LAS CASAS, Communicated By Himself. Comprising a Letter from Count De Las Casas at St. Helena to Lucien Bonaparte, Giving a Faithful account of the Voyage of Napoleon to St. Helena, His Residence....
London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818. Octavo. Full Leather. Previous owner's name written at top of title page. No other markings in text. New, handsome full brown calf binding with red spine label, gilt lettering. 5 raised bands on spine..... More
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF ALL REVOLUTIONS, REBELLIONS, AND MURDERS OF SOVEREIGN PRINCES, THAT HAVE BEEN IN ALL COUNTRIES, FROM THE CREATION TO THIS PRESENT TIME.
London: Printed for J. Baker, 1712. Quarter Leather. First Edition. First Edition of The General History of All Revolutions, Rebellions, and Murders of Sovereign Princes, That Have Been in All Countries, From the Creation to this Present Time, complete with..... More
ALBUM DI ANTICHE CARTOLINE BERGAMASCHE
Bergamo: Grafica Gutenberg, 1979. Hard Cover. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. With black and white as well as colored images of vintage postcards. Bergamo is Northern Italy. More
THE BENEVENTAN SCRIPT. A HISTORY OF THE SOUTH ITALIAN MINISCULE.
Oxford at the Clarendon Printing, 1914. Hard Cover. First Edition. An attractive and clean copy with no marks of any kind. Trace of foxing to the endpapers (only). More
SELECT HISTORICAL ESSAYS. IN ONE VOLUME.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1873. 16mo. Quarter Leather. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, with raised bands and gilt titling. The Copyright Edition. In the Tauchnitz “Collection of British Authors” series. Vol. 1296. With folding plan of Lucknow. Some rubbing to the..... More
THE SPANISH JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND.
London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. Hard Cover. The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Lady Holland, edited by the Earl of Ilchester. The two journeys in Spain, one in 1802-05 and the second in 1808-09, were not..... More
LES COTILLONS CELEBRES. ORNEE DE PORTRAITS.
Paris: E. Dentu, 1870. Half Leather. Sixieme Edition. Appears to be two volumes bound in one. Short biographies of famous French persons, with a few in text portrait illustrations. Text in French. Surface wear to the front joint. Half leather..... More
LES FETES EN EUROPE AU XVIIE SIECLE.
Paris: Martin-Dupuis, [1930]. Soft Cover. Emile Magne’s Holidays in Europe from the 17th Century. Illustrations throughout reproducing the artwork. Tan paper wrappers, with titling and illustration printed in black. With the publisher’s glassing wrapper; small chips and tears to the..... More
DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS IN RUSSIA: Sergai Kovalyov, Dissident and Human Rights Commissioner, 1969-2003
New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. Octavo. Hard Cover. 253pp. Hardcover binding with very light edgewear at top of spine. ; no markings in text. More
IL VATICANO DESCRITTO ED ILLUSTRATO DA ERASMO PISTOLESI CON DISEGNI A CONTORNI DIRETTI DAL PITTORE CAMILLO GUERRA: (VOLUME II ONLY)
Roma: Typographia Della Societa Editrice, 1829. Oversized. Hard Cover. A handsome folio, bound in half-vellum over red cloth, with raised bands, decorations in gold, and morocco lables. This Volume 2 contains La Grotte Vaticane; Sagrestia del Vaticano; and Cupola del..... More
IL VATICANO DESCRITTO ED ILLUSTRATO DA ERASMO PISTOLESI CON DISEGNI A CONTORNI DIRETTI DAL PITTORE CAMILLO GUERRA: (VOLUME I ONLY)
Roma: Typographia Della Societa Editrice, 1829. Oversized. Hard Cover. A handsome folio, bound in half-vellum over red cloth, with raised bands, decorations in gold, and morocco labels. This is volume 1 only. With 86 engraved plates. There is some minor..... More
IL VATICANO DESCRITTO ED ILLUSTRATO DA ERASMO PISTOLESI CON DISEGNI A CONTORNI DIRETTI DAL PITTORE CAMILLO GUERRA : (VOLUME VI ONLY)
Roma: Typographia Della Societa Editrice, 1829. Oversized. Hard Cover. A handsome folio, bound in half-vellum over red cloth, with raised bands, decorations in gold, and morocco labels. This Volume 6 contains description of Sala della Biga, as well as the..... More
IL VATICANO DESCRITTO ED ILLUSTRATO DA ERASMO PISTOLESI CON DISEGNI A CONTORNI DIRETTI DAL PITTORE CAMILLO GUERRA : (VOLUME III ONLY)
Roma: Typographia Della Societa Editrice, 1829. Oversized. Hard Cover. A handsome folio, bound in half-vellum over red cloth, with raised bands, decorations in gold, and morocco labels. This Volume 3 contains description of the Palazzo del Vaticano, the Corridojo delle..... More
MONSIEUR CHARLES. THE TRAGEDY OF THE TRUE DAUPHIN (LOUIS XVII OF FRANCE)
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. Hard Cover. Foxing to the preliminaries, affecting the title page. Portrait frontispiece. Both flaps of the dustjacket fully separated and laid in; chips and tears to the dustjacket, with loss to the bottom..... More
EUTROPII BREVIARIUM HISTORIAE ROMANAE, CUM METAPHRASI GRAECA PAEANII. | ET NOTIS INTEGRIS ET. VINETI, HENR. GLAREANI, TAN. ET AN. FABRI, CHR. CELLARII, TH. HEARNII, CH. AUG. HEUMANNI, ET SIG. HAVERCAMPI. ITEM SELECTIS FRID. SYLBURGII. ACCEDIT RUFUS FESTUS, CUM NOTIS INTEGRIS FRID. SYLBURGII, CHR. CELLARII, ET SIG. HAVERCAMPI. RECENSUIT, SUNSQUE ADNOTATIONES CUM INDICIBUS COPIOSISSIMIS ADDIDIT HENRICUS VERHEYK.
Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans, Academiae Typographos, 1762. Full Leather. An eighteenth century edition of Eutropius’ Breviarium Historiae Romanae, a history from the founding of Rome up to the reign of Emperor Valens. Text in Latin. Engraved headpieces..... More
SOME STILL LIVE.
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1938. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean stated First Edition. Includes black and white frontispiece as well as the color illustrated endpapers. Bound in black cloth, with titling and decoration stamped in..... More
THE HISTORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF MASANIELLO, THE FISHERMAN OF NAPLES, CONTAINING AN EXACT AND IMPARTIAL RELATION OF THE TUMULTS AND POPULAR INSURRECTIONS, THAT HAPPENED IN THE KINGDOM, (IN THE YEAR 1647.) ON ACCOUNT OF THE TAX UPON FRUITS.
London: Printed for C. Davis and T. Green, 1729. 12mo. Full Leather. First Edition. Francis Midon notes in the dedication that Masaniello received poor and biased treatment by earlier commentators and historians. Indeed, the major contemporary work by Giraffi treats..... More
MARGARET QUEEN OF NAVARRE (The Heptameron); Translated from the Old French Into English
Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1881. Hard Cover. Eight Original Etchings; No pencil or ink markings in text. Beige cloth binding with gilt deocrations on front board. Boards are soiled, stained, and have some rubbing. Shelf-wear to lower spine. Archival repair to..... More
AN ITALIAN DIARY.
London: John Murray, 1945. Hard Cover. First Edition. Frontispiece. A diary written by an English woman living in Italy at the outbreak of World War II. Contemporary owner’s name on the front endpaper. Sunning to the spine, and minor shelfwear..... More
DIARIO DI FRANCESCO CAPECELATRO CONTENENTE LA STORIA DELLE COSE AVVENUTE NEL REAME DI NAPOLI NEGLI ANNI 1647-1650. ORA PER LA PRIMA VOLTA MESSO A STAMPA SUL MANOSCRITTO ORIGINALE CON L’AGGIUNTA DI VARII DOCUMENTI PER LA PIU PARTE INEDITI, ED ANNOTAZIONI DAL MARCHESE ANGELO GRANITO. VOL. I II III. (FOUR VOLUMES)
Napoli: Stabilimento Tipografico di Gaetano Nobile, 1850-1854. Quarter Leather. First Edition. A history of Naples, in 1647-1650, complete in four volumes; Vol. II in two parts. In 1647, the Neapolitan fisherman Masaniello initiated a popular revolt against Hapsburg hegemony. The..... More
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ROME IN THE 18TH. CENTURY. [SOUVENIR OF THE EDEN HOTEL, ROME]
Roma [Rome]: L. Salomone [Eden Hotel], [1920]. Quarter Leather. A souvenir book issued for the Eden Hotel in Rome, circa 1920. Rome in the 18th Century, with brief histories of various landmarks around Rome, useful for travelers looking for a...... More