Elegant counterfeit of the 1527 edition of Boccaccio's Decameron printed in only 300 copies and published at the request of the English consul Jos...

Elegant counterfeit of the 1527 edition, printed in only 300 copies and published at the request of the English consul Joseph Smith, reproducing t...

Venezia: Valuasensis, 1692.Scarce edition of this work on the hermits of the Hieronymite order from the library of Leonardo Tirssino, a Vicentine ...

breuiter, artificioseque continentur. Venice: Valgrisi, 1576.Scarce edition, first published in 1529, of this detailed work on the rights and duti...

Borbone Infante di Spagna Duca di Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla. Parma: Bodoni, 1803.Work illustrating the funeral ceremony and the great ephemeral a...

Bologna: Manutius, 1586.Work dedicated to the exploits of Cosimo De' Medici (1519-1574) last Duke of Florence and first Grand Duke of Tuscany.4to,...

efficaces [WITH:] Fustis Daemonum adiurationes, formidabiles. Venice: Guerra, 1597.One of the most famous treatises on exorcisms and demonology ed...

Stefano, Trani [1656]. [BOUND WITH:] Ritrovata del corpo di S.Stefano. Trani: Valeri, 1622 [but 1656].Curious and scarce work printed in Trani rep...

First published in 1610, the work is often considered the first full-fledged work on chemistry to surpass alchemical thought.8vo, (154 x 100mm). A...

illustrazione della raccolta ornitologica dei fratelli Ercole ed Ernesto Turati. Milan: coi tipi del Pio Istituto del Patronato, 1865-1868.First e...

Florence: Batelli, 1840.Lot of two beautiful botanical works, illustrated with coloured plates.2 vols, 8vo, (220 x 145 mm). 72 watercoloured plate...

1888.Pocket version of the first photographic iconology of the brain and nervous system, originally published as 'Iconographie photographique des ...

Vanni, 1767-1776.A beautiful collection of plates from Saverio Manetti's monumental ' Storia Naturale degli Uccelli' published between 1771-1776 i...

vegetali [WITH:] Prodromo della grande anatomia. Florence: Marenigh, 1819.First edition of an important work by Mascagni, independent and distinct...

1723.First edition of this important documentation of Pisa's botanical garden, founded c. 1543, one of the first in Europe and preserving its orig...

hominis curam haberet . 1554.Copper engraving, (80 x 110mm). Plate from the series 'The Good Samaritan' (slightly warped). In modern frame. (1)

Hercules sitiens Hylam puerum ad Ascanium flumen misisset. Rome: De Rossi, [c.1650].Engraving depicting the myth of Ila abducted by Naiads.Copper ...

Woodcut (128 x 86mm). First an only state, complete with border, from the series 'The Passion' originally consisting of 8 plates. Within modern fr...

A pair of fine portrayals of the two gods from the series ''Le divinità delle fiabe'' from drawings by Rosso Fiorentino.Copper engravings, (210 x ...

A famous series produced in Florence in 1617 and dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, brother of Grand Duke Cosimo II, which was immediately successful...

The Combat at the Barrier is the last theatrical work that Callot executed and for which he was also the stage designer. It took place on 14 Febru...

A fine lot comprising two series by Callot, together with two larger-format engravings of saints, including one of St Mansuetus, also known as 'Th...

Lot comprising military illustrations by Callot.A suite of engravings and three individual plates: Exercices militaires. Paris: Israel, 1635. 13 e...

Complete series, in the second state (of two), of one of Callot's last works, left unfinished and completed by his pupil Abrham Bosse, more common...

Complete series, consisting of ten plates in the first state, two in the second state apres la lettre with Israel's name as publisher, two in the ...

Sant'Andrea". c.1690-1710.Large copperplate made by Audenaerde faithfully reproducing the fresco 'Martirio di Sant'Andrea' painted by Domenichino ...

Woodcut, (300 x 221mm). A plate from the series of 20 plates belonging to the 'Life of the Virgin' In the edition with the Latin text on the verso...

Lot of three interesting engravings by Albrecht Durer with sacred themes.Christ prays on the Mount of Olives (from the Small Passion). Woodcut (12...

Five interesting works by the great Tuscan master, two of which from the scarce contemporary print run.Lithographs: 'Vecchio mercato di Firenze' (...

Lot of five interesting works by the great Tuscan master with two lithographs from the scarce contemporary print run.Lithographs: 'Cavalleggero' (...

Study specimen of this famous depiction of Apollo, among the masterpieces of Goltzius's Mannerist style.Copper engraving, (350 x 265mm). several c...

Lot of three plates of the twelve dedicated to the Passion, produced by Goltzius between 1596 and 1598, reflecting the stylistic influence of Luca...

Etching, aquatint and drypoint, (200 x 150mm). Seventh plate from the collection 'Los Caprichos' (third edition) published by the Calcografia Naci...

Hopferianae". Nuremberg: Funck, [17th cent].Three copper engravings: 'Trophy with Arms and Eagle' (225 x 157mm) second state of two apres le chif...

original design of Claude Le Lorrain". London: Boydell, 1774-1777.A collection of plates from the famous collection of drawings originally created...

particuliere de Paris prise du milieu du Pont Neuf. Parigi [c. 1740].Two framed views, (frame 440 x 670mm). Lot of two views with contemporary han...

Copper engraving, (113 x 138mm). Third and final state, printed on watermarked paper (light browning to sides). Within modern frame. (1)

Copper engraving, (113 x 90mm). Third state of three, late seventeenth-century edition before the Basan edition (trimmed at margins) within modern...

A fine impression of this engraving by Rembrandt depicting a beggar, identified in the inventory of Clement de Jonghe, the engraver friend who sur...

century).A plate depicting three trumpeters in Ottoman dress on horseback, from a series originally consisting of 5 blocks depicting the processio...

Rome: Panzera da Parma [1596].Copper engravings, (305 x 205mm). 3 plates from the series ''XII Caesares in equestri forma''. Within modern frames....

peste. [1760].Reproduction of the grandiose altarpiece Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken presented in 1759 by Tiepolo to the cathedral ...

1510.2 Chalcographs: St. Matthias (115 x 73mm) monogrammed burin engraving, specimen in the only known original state (small repaired tear in left...

Historiae sacrae veteris et novi testamenti". [c. 1650].Collection of 46 plates (of 464) within modern passepartouts, from a scarce and famous Dut...

A pair engravings of popular subjects after Albrecht Durer.Copper engraving.'The farmer and his wife at the market' (115x72mm) first state of two,...

fabbriche antiche e moderne d'Italia. Monumenti romani [WITH:] Monumenti di Milano. Milan: Moretti, 1870.Monumental work on Milan and Rome, with a...

1850.Elegant album of Florentine views in aquatint by an anonymous artist.Oblong folio, (240 x 310 mm). 20 aquatint plates depicting the main monu...

1855].A famous copy of the Mona Lisa, considered the finest produced before the advent of photography, which earned Luigi Calamatta the gold medal...

gioventu' specialmente Romana. Rome: Fulgoni, 1788.Interesting work on construction with a chapter on the arrangement of buildings following earth...

A curious collection of works on commemorative monuments and architecture, among which is a piece depicting the monument to Galileo erected in Flo...

'Veduta degli Avanzi del castro Pretoria nella Villa Adriana a Tivoli' (880 x 585mm the frame) second state of four (HIND) [WITH:] 'Veduta del Pal...

Chiesa d'Araceli [WITH:] Colonna Trajana.Two views by Piranesi from 'Views of Rome'.Engravings, (515 x 735mm). First state of five avant la lettre...

e Monumenti della Città  di Pisa. Florence: Gaetano Calamandrei, 1823.Work dedicated to Pisa and its monuments by the artist Giuseppe Rossi, bette...

or et argent, deux cents en camaieu. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1876-1888.Collection of plates from the first edition of the most famous co...

adiacenze dallo sbocco della Nera fino al mare. [Rome: Calcografia Camerale], 1744. il tutto fatto l'anno 1744 per comando del N.S. Papa Benedetto...

A bound copy of Nolli's famous map of Rome. The work was commissioned by Pope Benedict XIV as a census of Rome and to help create the demarcations...

dell'inclitta città di Roma dessegnate et intagliate da Domenico Parasacchi con la nuova aggiunta dis. da Girolamo Felice. Rome: Rossini, 1647.Or...

[Paris, c.1650].Panoramic view of Rome portrayed from the Orti Farnesiani, with the Roman Forum in the foreground dedicated to Louis XIV. In addit...

Rome: Mondaldini, [c.1770].Scenographic map engraved by Ignazio Benedetti, reproducing those designed by Nolli and Piranesi in 1748.Engraved and f...

Collection of 38 architectural projects mainly by the Cremonese architect Voghera, including projects for Milan: a new Via Vittorio Emanuele, a pr...