1. Levi, Primo.

Raconti e Saggi.

Torino Editrice la Stampa, 1986. 13 cm x 20 cm. XI, 165 pages. Original softcover in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Terza pagina 2]

2. Boccaccio, Giovanni / [Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari].

L’amorosa fiammetta di M. Giovanni Boccaccio, di Nuovo Corretta et Ristampata, con La Tavola et le Postille delle cose Piu Notabili.

Venetia, Appresso I Gioliti, 1584. 9.5 cm x 15.4 cm. 107, [1] pages including illustrated titlepage with Giolito’s printer mark and Giolito’s stunning colophon of Phoenix rising from the ashes and the Motto: “Semper eadem” (″Always the same”). Hardcover in custom – made solanderbox. Recently rebound in half-leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. The bookblock in very good condition with some minor, contemporary inkstains. Name of preowner “Exlibris Bernard Rielliae [″Bernard Reilly”] in contemporary ink (16th or 17th century entry). Small lesion to titlepage and first three pages only. Very faint, faded dampstain to the outer margins of a few pages.

3. Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Florentine History. Translated by W. K. Marriott.

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1909. 18 cm. XVI, 363 pages. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. Everyman’s Library.

4. Wharton, Edith / Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator).

Italian Villas and their Gardens.

Facsimile / Reprint of the original 1904 first edition. New York, Da Capo Press, No date (1976). 18 cm x 25 cm. XXII, 270 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Corners slightly bumped. [The Classical America Series in Art and Architecture]

5. [Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista] Eschenfelder, Chantal.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696-1770.

First Edition. Koln, Konemann, 1998. 27.5cm x 33cm. 140 pages with 138 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6. Salomone, A. William (editor).

Italy from the Risorgimento to Fascism: An Inquiry into the Origins of the Totalitarian State.

Garden City, Anchor Books, 1970. 10.5 cm x 18 cm. XLII, 557 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Contains several partially detached pages. Very slight spotting on top page-edges. Inscription by preowner. Otherwise clean inside.

7. Hobhouse, Penelope / Galletti, Giorgio.

Gardens of Italy: A touring guide to over 100 of the best gardens.

London, Mitchell Beazley, 1998. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. 144 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

8. [Giotto] Ueberwasser, Walter.

Giotto: Frescoes.

New York / Toronto, Iris Books, 1950. 26 cm x 35 cm. 26, 36 pages including 17 colour plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Decent blindstamp of former owner to endpaper.

9. Dante Alighieri / Ciardi, John.

The Inferno: A Verse Rendering for the Modern Reader. Historical Introduction by Archibald T. MacAllister.

New York / Ontario / London, Mentor / New American Library / The New English Library, 1954. 11 x 18cm. 288 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear and mild foxing. Annotations to text and to end leaves. [A Mentor Book].

10. Società Rododendro.

Bollettino della Società Rododendro [ogni numero compresa una sezione / each issue including a section: “Sezione Automobilistica” / Compreso il numero unico “Paganella” per l’anno 1905 / With the extra number for 1905 “Paganella”].

Five Volumes (bound in 2). Trento, Società Rododendro / Scotoni & Viiti, 1904-1908. 21 cm x 30 cm. Vol.1-2, 200 pages / Vol.3-5, 240 pages. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout both volumes. Beautifully illustrated coloured paper issue covers in Vol.1-2. Fold-out map of ‘Val Nambino, Val Agola e Val Dalgone’ in Vol.3-5. Hardcover / Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine / Illustrazione delle copertine [Art Nouveau] di Tevini e Vitti / [Original, beautifully decorative wrappers with art nouveau cover-art by Tevini and Vitti bound within]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some occasional abrasions to the brochure – covers bound within. Interior unmarked. Binding strong and firm. Alpine Club stamps throughout. / Includes many pages with advertising on early car travel / Advertising for “Puch”, “Adler” and “Neckarsulmer” Motociclette / Local Advertising for tourism in the italian Trento [Trient / Alto Adige / Suedtirol] /