100 books : The collection of a Gentleman
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Lot 49 Alighieri Dante, Il Codice Cassinese della Divina Commedia per la prima volta letteralmente messo a stampa per cura dei monaci Benedettini, Monte Cassino: Tipografia di Montecassino, 1865.
4to grande (mm 385x265). Pagine [4], LV, 592, [2]. Portrait of Dante and many photographic facsimiles of Dante's Code and others of the Archivio Cassinese. -
Lot 50 Pottier, Andre. Histoire de la faience de Rouen / par Andre' Pottier ; ouvrage posthume publié par les soins de l'abbé Colas, Gustave Gouellain, & Raymond Bordeaux . Rouen : A. Le Brumet, 1870.
4to, full calf binding, with gilt decoration at boards, pp. XII, 420, LVIII plates.
Important reference work on the Ceramics of Rouen. -
Lot 51 Pianta topo-idrografica della citta' di Bergamo e sobborghi dell'Istituto Geografico Militare, compilata e disegnata dall'Ing. Roberto Fuzier nel 1896, 1:5000
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Lot 52 Kandler, Pietro. Notizie storiche di Montona : con appendice / [di] Pietro Kandler. Trieste : Tip. del Lloyd austro-ungarico, 1875
4to, half leather on coloured paper, pp. 289, 1 folded plate. At title page :” Sul front.: Edito per cura del Municipio di Montona ; -
Lot 53 Illustrated collection of French Novel
Contes et nouvelles en vers. Rouen : Lemonnyer, 1879.
2vols, decorated paper on board, pp. IV, 268, V, 309, 2 engraved portrait vignettes on title pages, 76 text coppers. One of a total of 354 copies.
Nice collection of illustrated novel by Voltaire, Vergier, Seneca, Perrault, Moncrif, Ducerceau, Grecourt, Saint Lambert, etc. -
Lot 54 6 Plates
Vie de Charles-Henry Comte de Hoym ambassadeur de Saxe-Pologne en France 1694-1736 : publie par la societe des Bibliophiles francois. Paris : chez Techener, 1880
2 VOLS, Contemporary half calf bindng on handcoloured paper, Vol I, XXXIX, 247 p. ; 26 cm; Vol 2 VIII, 359 p.
6 plates (3 folding)
Provenance: paper ex libris A.L. McLaughhlin pasted at front inside board -
Lot 55 Albanes, Joseph Hyacinthe. Armorial et sigillographie des eveques de Marseille avec des notices historiques sur chacun de ces prelats / Joseph Hycacinthe Albanes. Marseille : M. Olive, 1884.
4to, contempory half calf in red morocco, on handmade paper, pp. XV, 192.
Armorial and sigillography of the bishops of Marseille with historical notes on each of these prelates.
Vignettes in black along the text, numerous reproductions of coats of arms and seals. -
Lot 56 Karl Friedrich Arnold von Lützow. Die kunstschatze Italiens : in geographisch-historischer Uebersicht geschildert. Gera : C.B. Griesbach, [1884]
Folio, red leather binding, cc 7, pp. 520, 50 plates.
Wonderful etchings, representing a beautiful journey through the art of Italy, not only representing masterpiece of arts, but also landscape and buildings in different italian cities, Milan, Venice, Verona, etc. -
Lot 57 FRANZ, J. Post- und Eisenbahn-Reise-Karte von Central-Europa nach Handtke`s Post- und Reise-Karte . Glogau, Carl Flemming 1884.
[80 x 70]. Contemporary yellow card paper boarding.
Colored German Post and railway travel map of Central Europe, in 28 folding parts -
Lot 58 Leon Maillard. Les menus et programmes illustres : invitations, billets de faire part, cartes d'adresse, petites estampes du XVIIe siecle jusqu'a nos jours . Paris : Boudet [etc.], 1898.
4to, quarter calf binding on coloured paper pp. VIII, 402 .
Over 460 reproductions, many in color.
A splendid and dynamic presentation of wining and dining. A survey of the art of menus and theatre programmes during the Belle Epoque. -
Lot 59 First Edition
Venturi, Adolfo.Storia dell'arte italiana. Milano, Hoepli, 1901-40.
4to, contemporary original paper binding by Giuseppe Cellini, Duilio Cambellotti, Edoardo Gioia and Giulio Cisari, preserved inside a xx century full calf binding by Gozzi, 11 parts in 25 volumes. About 18.000 images along the text.
FIRST EDITION of this monumental and still very authoritative work that deals with the history of Italian art from the beginnings of Christian art to the sixteenth century. . -
Lot 60 ROTHSCHILD Baron Adolphe de. Musee National du Louvre. Donation du Baron de Rothschild. Catalogue par Emile Molinier. Paris Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts - Emile Levy 1902.
Folio, green paper binding (slightly worn), pp 40, portrait of baron de Rothschild, 37 plates (8 colored), UNCUT.