100 books : The collection of a Gentleman

Cittadella, Cesare. Catalogo istorico de' pittori e scultori ferraresi e delle opere loro con in fine una nota esatta delle più celebri pitture delle chiese di Ferrara tom. 1. [-4.] . In Ferrara : per Francesco Pomatelli, 1782-1783.



4 vols 8vo, modern binding, vol 1: 42, 197, [3] p.; vol 2: vi, 246 p.; vol 3: vi, 326, [2] p.; Vol 4: iv, 344, [4] p. Xylographic titlepages.



4 titlepages and 25 chalcographic oval plates with portraits of important painters described in text.



This catalog is a fundamental work for the knowledge of the art history of Ferrara and the first to be printed on the lives of the city's main artists.



Cicognara 2240. Schlosser Magnino, p. 531. Lozzi I, 1663

EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENT ON BERGAMO HISTORY

Codex diplomaticus civitatis, et ecclesiae bergomatis canonico Mario Lupo ejusdem ecclesiae primicerio digestus notis, et animadversionibus illustratus; volumen primum [-secundum] .
Bergomi : ex typographia Vincentii Antoine, 1784-1799

2vols Folio, contemporary stiff vellum, gilt titles on brown and black labels at spine, pp. XXXII, (2), 368 col., (4), 1096 col. (2); (4), 8, 1467 cols, 7 engraved pales by Francesco Lucchini

LUPO, Mario. (1720 - 1789). He completed his studies in Rome, where he published in 1744 two essays in Latin on the years of the birth and death of Christ.
When he returned in 1748 in Bergamo, where, canonical of the cathedral, gave new life to the Academy of the Excited, he started to gather with the help of friends and disciples, all ancient documents concerning Bergamo scattered in the archives and libraries of Italy.
He was then able to publish the first volume of thr Codex diplomaticus civitatis et ecclesiae bergomatis, which was later praised, among others by F.C. Savigny, for the light brought on some points of medieval history not only of Bergamo but of Italy all.

The second even rarer volume, waspublished 15 years after the first, and contains the commentary and additions to the work of Lupo, edited by Giuseppe Ronchetti.

CATHOLIC THOUGHT AGAINST ILLUMINISM

Valsecchi, Antonino. Dei fondamenti della religione e dei fonti dell'empietà. Padua, Bettinelli for Tipografia del Seminario, 1789.

3 volumes in 4to, contemporary stiff vellum, gilt titles within ochre labels at spine, red and blue sprinkled edges, pp. XVI, 199; XVI, 132 and XX, 300. Roman type, text in Italian.



Antonino Valsecchi (Verona 1708-1791) was an Italian canon belonging to the Order of the Preachers. He used to teach theology at the University of Padua.

References: Gamba, 2483. IT\ICCU\RLZE\025078.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS TREATISE ABOUT THE GEOMETRY OF THE COMPASS BY LORENZO MASCHERONI

Mascheroni, Lorenzo. La geometria del compasso di Lorenzo Mascheroni. Pavia: presso gli eredi di Pietro Galeazzi, anno V della Repubblica francese 1797.

8vo, original printer's paperboards; pp. [2], XVIII, 264, [14] leaves of folding plates.

First edition of Mascheroni's most important book, in which he proves that any geometrical construction that can be performed using ruler and compasses can be carried out by means of compasses alone.

References: IT\ICCU\RMSE\001645.

Astle, Thomas. The Origin and Progress of Writing. The origin and progress of writing, as well hieroglyphic as elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts and charters, ancient and modern : also some account of the origin and progress of printing / by Thomas Astle, Esq. F.R.S. F.A.S. and keeper of the recorsd in the Tower of London. London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for J. White, at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street., 1803.
4to, full leather binding (worn) gilt decorations at boards and spine, pp. [8], XXIV, 240, [1].

33 engraved plates (some folding)

Second Edition

The first major English work about palaeography. The plates illustrate different styles of writing and relative alphabets, including Phoenician, Greek, Lombardic, Celtic, Franco-Teutonic and modern Gothic.

Rare handcoloured copy

JOLY, Adrien. Arts, Metiers et Cris de Paris par Joly d'apres nature. Paris: Martinet, [c. 1813].

8vo, Modern quarter green calf on decorated paper, gilt decorations and titles at spine

A nice collection of handcoloured plates, based on drawings by Joly (real name Adrien Jean-Baptiste Muffat, 1772-1839) representing activities along the street of Paris.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS METICULOUS WORK BY GIUSEPPE GRASSI, THAT LISTS ALL PARTS, TOOLS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT
NO COPY IN USA

Grassi, Giuseppe. Dizionario militare italiano di Giuseppe Grassi dell'Accademia reale delle Scienze di Torino. Volume 1. [-2.]. Torino: dai torchii della vedova Pomba e figlii, 1817.

8vo (204x128 mm), full green leather binding, flat spine with gilt title and decorations, gilt frame at boards, marbled paper at paste-downs, brown sprinkled edges; 2 vols; pp. XXVIII, 179, [1]; 224.

Meticulous work by Giuseppe Grassi (Turin 1779-1831) that lists all parts, tools and military equipment, actualizing the work done by the writers of the past centuries with the innovations brought by the Napoleonic campaigns and then by the Restoration.

After this first edition, the Author expanded it by doubling the work with the help of some academicians of the Crusca who published it posthumously.

References: IT\ICCU\SBLE\015018 (IT\ICCU\RAVE\006578 and IT\ICCU\RAVE\006579). OCLC, 799550020 (solo in Italia), 832328208 and 832702173 (1 copy in Germany).

[First Edition]

Combe, William. The dance of life, a poem, by the author of "Doctor Synta”, illustrated with coloured engravings by Thomas Rowlandson . London : published by R. Ackermann, repository of arts, 101, Strand, 1817 (London : J. Diggens, printer, St. Ann's Lane)



Small 4to, Full leather binding, gilt decorations at spine, titles on red and black labels at spine, pp. II, 285, [3]., [26] coloured plate.



One of the most typical among the illustrated caricatural work of British XIX century.

Gozzini, Vincenzo. Monumenti sepolcrali della Toscana disegnati da Vincenzo Gozzini, incisi da Giovan Paolo Lasinio sotto la direzione dei signori cav. P. Benvenuti, e L. De Cambray Digny con illustrazioni . Firenze : presso l'editore, 1819.

Folio, red quarter-calf binding on paper boards, pp. [6], 106, [2], f.[1], XLVII plates engraved by Giovanni Paolo Lasinio. Title page engraved by G. Frilli.



A collection of funerary monuments in Tuscany on drawings by Vincenzo Gozzini.

Dedalo : rassegna d'arte / diretta da Ugo Ojetti. Milano \etc.! : Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1920-1933.

14 volumes, 4to, A. 1, n. 1 (giu. 1920)-a. 13, n. 6 (giu. 1933), full red leather binding,



Complete set of all the published volumes of this important art review, founded and directed by Ugo Ojetti in 1920, which had as collaborators: Berenson, Venturi, Marangoni, Argan, and others. Each issue is enriched with black and white illustrations.

One of the rarest book on dance

Gironi, Robustiano. . Saggio di Robustiano Gironi intorno alle danze dei Greci. . Milano : Tipografia del D. Giulio Ferrario, 1822.

Folio, original orange paper binding, pp. 65, [3], Segn.: \1(6)! 2-8(4) 9(4) (-9(4).

8 full page colored engravings.

The work is dedicated to dance among the ancient Greeks based mainly on the study of ancient vases, extremely interesting for the history of costume, dances and musical instruments.

Provenance: Paper Ex Libris Dr. Maximilian Joseph Pfeiffer, pasted at front inside board.

Raccolta di XII proverbi Toscani, rappresentati in figure con altrettanti Illustrazioni morali nelle due lingue Italiana e Francese, ed altrettanti motti poetici. Firenze, 1826

Firenze : tip. A. Tofani, 1826.

4to, half cal leather boards, gilt title on a leather label at front board

Very rare collection of proverbs from tuscany, each illustrated by a full page text and commented by a text in Italian and French.

No copy recorded in worldwide libraries