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Italian Books & Books in Italian

Bartolozzi, Francesco. Ricerche istorico-critiche circa alle scoperte d'Amerigo Vespucci con l'aggiunta di una relazione del medesimo fin ora inedita compilate da Francesco Bartolozzi. Firenze: Gaetano Cambiagi, 1789. 182, [1] pages. 19 cm. Sabin 3800. Chapter 17: Relazione d'Amerigo Vespucci riguardante il suo terzo viaggio, che si pubblica ora per la prima volta. Lettera scritta da Amerigo Vespucci a Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de Medici l'anno 1502, pp. 168-180. Text in Italian. Very good plain tan-colored paper-covered boards with handwritten title on spine. Lower front cover edge slightly stained, lower corners and some edges slightly rubbed. Ink gift inscription and small decorative bookplate with wax seal on blank front flyleaf. #24333. $550
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Benincasa, Carmine. Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-1980. Venice: Marsilio Editori, 1981. 1st edition. Oblong 4to (large book). 131 pages. Black-and-White and Color Illustrations. Text in Italian. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #16730. $27.50
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Construzioni e Impianti S.p.A. - Fiat Engineering. Construzioni e Impianti S.p.A. - Fiat Engineering. Turin?: Fiat Engineering?, 1975? Oblong 4to (medium-large book). viii, [3], 159 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. A lavishly illustrated book about the engineering and construction division of Fiat, the Italian automobile manufacturer, and it far-flung engineering and construction services, both to the automobile industry and civic and industrial planning, in Italy and abroad. Text in Italian and English. Very good hardcover. The book is published on coated paper and the fore-edges have been damp and had to be separated, not really affecting text. #21914. $50
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Della Torre, Stefano. Villa Monastero di Varenna: Le radici antiche di una dimona fin-de-siecle. Con scritti di Simonetta Coppa, Daniele Pescarmona. Rilieve di Andrea Bernasconi. Foto di Carla Lietti, Gabriele Rovelli. Como: Amministrazione Provincial di Como, 1988. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 134 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations and plans. Appendice: Elenco delle manifestazioni tenute a Villa Monastero dal 1953 al 1987. Text in Italian. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket, which is slightly wrinkled. #25321. $25
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Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron. Il paese dello Yann. By Lord Dunsany. A cura di Jorge Luis Borges. Traduzione di Gianni Guadalupi. Vicenza: Franco Maria Ricci Editore, 1981. 1st printing. Narrow 8vo. 129 pages. La Biblioteca di Babele collana di letture fantastiche diretta da Jorge Luis Borges, 29. Text in Italian. Very good stiff pictorial self-wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 882160299X. #24074. $25
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Giornale di Firenze. Giornale di Firenze. Opera Periodico. Che ha per oggetto la conservazione del corpo umano, e tutto cio che puo essergli utile, Gennaio-Giugno 1771. Florence: Per Anton-Giuseppe Pagai all'Insegna del Giglio, 1771. 481, [1] pages. Spine label: Giornal di Firenz / Anno 1771 / Tom. IV. Text in Italian. Vellum bound. Bookplate inside front cover. Top of backstrip worn and upper left hand corner chipped, else good volume. #17835. $95
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Lanzi, Luigi. Storia Pittorica della Italia dal Risorgimento delle Belle Arti fin presso al Fine del XVIII Secolo. Tomo Quarto. Naples: Presso Niccolo Capurro, 1816. Edizione Quarta. 16mo (small book). 254, [2] pages. Text in Italian. Very good hardcover, bound in vellum with gilt-tooled spine. Name on blank flyleaf. #19484. $50
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Lanzi, Luigi. Storia Pittorica della Italia dal Risorgimento delle Belle Arti fin presso al Fine del XVIII Secolo. Tomo Quinto. Naples: Presso Niccolo Capurro, 1816. Edizione Quarta. 16mo (small book). 390 pages. Index. Text in Italian. Very good hardcover. Bound in vellum with gilt-tooled spine. Name in ink on blank flyleaf. #19483. $50
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Moscati, Camillo. Toto: Imperatore di Capri. Genova: Editoriale Lo Vecchio, 1985? 4to (large book). 159 pages. Bibliografia. Filmografia. Photographs. Color illustrations. The film career of Antonio De Curtis. Text in Italian. Very good pictorial stiff wrappers. ISBN 8840364382. #20661. $25
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Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492. Piero della Francesca: Il ciclo affrescato della Santa Croce nella chiesa di S. Francesco in Arezzo. Presentazione di Paolo d'Ancona. Milano: Edizioni d'Arte Amilcare Pizzi, 195? Folio (very large book). Stapled signature with 10 leaves (9 pages of text, 2 pages of illustrations, 1 page list of plates). 28 color plates. Text in Italian. Good original unbound introductory text and plates in portfolio with pasted-on plate. Taped spine worn and nearly separated, leaving a rough surface on front cover where tape has come loose. Text and plates in very good condition. #22466. $66
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Pietramellara, Giacomo. Raccolta di Divisi o Motti Araldici. Seri I. Roma: Tipograpfia Poliglotta, 1896. 1st printing. v, 94 pages. Index. Text in Italian. Good hardcover. Bookplate of Francisi de Neapolis, Ducis Campobelli inside front cover. #18955. $20
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Severino, Gerardo. La Reazione Borbonica Nel Cilento Occupato Dai Francesi, 1806-1815. Castellabate: Presso Le Tipolitografia Piccirillo Francesco, 1999. Small 8vo. 112 pages. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Text in Italian. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #26070. $40
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Tassi, Roberto, and Giuseppe Nifosi. Franco Sarnari. Testo di Roberto Tassi e Intervista di Giuseppe Nifosi. Roma: Galleria Giulia, 1992. Square small 8vo (regular size). No pagination (about 60 pages). Bibliography. Color plates. On front cover: Sarnari, Aspetti di Una Ricera. Cancellazioni. The exhibition was held 14 Aprile - 13 Maggio 1992. Text in Italian. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers. #22529. $60
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