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Yellow Corridor Pair, Milan - Architectural Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Northern Italy from printing his books in Verona, and he has visited Milan to exhibit many times. The work
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Italian Books
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Milan Street Photography Set of Four Artworks
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
has a strong connection to Northern Italy from printing his books in Verona, and he has visited Milan
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Italian Books
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Red Dinosaur II, Milan - Architectural urban color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
have a strong connection to Northern Italy from printing my books in Verona, and I have visited Milan
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Italian Books
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Sunset Moon Bird
Located in New York, NY
late 1990s, inspired by colour-plates found in her Italian grandmother’s vintage ornithology books
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Italian Books
Materials
Screen
49 Via Dezza at Sunset + Torre Velasca Time Lapse, Milan - Pair of Framed Art
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Northern Italy from printing my books in Verona, and I have visited Milan to exhibit many times. The work
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Italian Books
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
49 Via Dezza at Sunset, Milan - Conceptual Architectural Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
such as glass, metal, wood and stone. "I have a strong connection to Northern Italy from printing my
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Italian Books
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Foyers, Milan - Set of Three Framed Color Photographs
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
such as glass, metal, wood and stone. "I have a strong connection to Northern Italy from printing my
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Italian Books
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Medieval City
By Alois Lecoque
Located in San Francisco, CA
to the Italians." Two of his books were published there but another art form beckoned his versatile
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Used Italian Books
Materials
Oil
Page 4
By Margo Margolis
Located in Wellesley, MA
where her then 10 yr. old son was fascinated by Italian comic books. She developed a playful visual
Category
2010s Abstract Used Italian Books
Materials
Vinyl
Italian Literature
Located in New York, NY
The Literature of Italy from 1265 - 1907 consists of sixteen volumes bound
full brown
Category
19th Century Used Italian Books
$7,500
3 Volumes. John Addington Symonds, Sketches
Studies in Italy.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. John Addington Symonds, Sketches & Studies in Italy. Bound in 3/4 white calf with linen
Category
Late 19th Century British Used Italian Books
Materials
Leather
Vetri Murano Oggi
Located in New York, NY
edition, published 1981 by Electa. With dustjacket. 540 illustrations. In Italian,
with English
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Alberto Giacometti: Quarantacinque disegni di Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 1,145 COPIES (out of a total edition of 1245), finely illustrated with 45 large folio reproductions of the artist's drawings (two in color).
Turi...
Turi...
Category
1960s Italian Used Italian Books
2 Volumes, Museo Borbonico, Raccolta De Monumenti Più Interessanti
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Museo Borbonico, Raccolta de Monumenti più Interessanti. Bound in full green morocco with very ornate gilt-tooled border details. Raised bands gilt with panels displaying ...
Category
1820s Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Leather
Napoleone Martinuzzi Monograph
Located in New York, NY
Monograph entitled "Napoleone Martinuzzi Vetraio del Novecento." Cloth boards, dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Survey of Martinuzzi's career, published in
1992 by il ...
1992 by il ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Christo Monograph (Inscribed)
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on the work of Bulgarian/American environmental and monumental artist Christo (1935-2009), published in 1965 or 1966—shortly after his arrival in New York City— by Edizion...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Rare Low Table by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno
Located in New York, NY
Stained Wood with Rubber Mounts.
*Pictured in Numerous Books on Italian Design from the period.
Category
1950s Italian Used Italian Books
6 Volumes. John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy.
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy. Bound in 3/4 white calf with linen boards
Category
Late 19th Century British Used Italian Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. W.W. Collins, Cathedral Cities of Italy.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. W.W. Collins, Cathedral Cities of Italy. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards
Category
Early 20th Century American Used Italian Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. J.A. Crowe and G.B Cavalvaselle, A History of Painting in North Italy
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. J.A. Crowe and G.B. Cavalvaselle, A History of Painting in North Italy. Bound in 3/4
Category
Late 19th Century British Used Italian Books
Materials
Leather
Gio Ponti Monograph
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
and accomplished Italian architects of the century. From the Richard-Ginori chinaware and the founding
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Danese Milano 1957-1971: Produzione
By Enzo Mari, Bruno Munari, Danese Milano
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rationalist design, turning out high-quality, reasonably priced products and art multiples
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Jewelry By Architects
By Barbara Radice, Cleto Munari
Located in New York, NY
First American edition monograph on jewelry designed by a who's who of Postmodern architects from the collection of design impresario Cleto Munari, who commissioned the pieces featur...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
In Praise of Architecture by Gio Ponti (1st American Edition)
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Meditations and observations on architecture and life by a transcendent figure in 20th century architecture and design. Section titles include The Politics of Architecture; Personal ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
PSALTERIUM BOOKS I
II
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional pair of Psalm books
- Bronze and Leather mounted
- Printed in Italy for a
Category
19th Century Italian Used Italian Books
Set of Six Vellum Papal Books
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of six vellum books in Latin.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Used Italian Books
19 Folio sized Vellum Bound Books - Annales Minorum 1731
Located in London, GB
19 Folio sized Vellum Bound Books - Annales Minorum 1731 by Father Luke Wadding of Waterford
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
18th c. Italian book stand
Located in Summerland, CA
A water-gilded neoclassical wood book stand with ratcheting support
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Giltwood
A stack of Italian Vellum book circa 1808
Located in Hudson, NY
A stack of Vellum Books, from Italy dated 1808
Category
19th Century Italian Used Italian Books
Louis Vuitton Monogrammed Address Book
By Louis Vuitton
Located in San Francisco, CA
We just can't resist judging this book by its monogrammed cover.
Pocket-sized address book with refillable notepad and gold-edged pages, wrapped in a lightweight monogrammed cover...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Used Italian Books
Pair of Italian 1950
s Gilded Roman Helmet Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1950's Gilded Roman Helmet Bookends
Category
1950s Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Giltwood
"IL mobile italiano degli anni
40 e
50" Exceptional Italian Design Book
By Irene de Guttry, Maria Paola Maino
Located in Easton, PA
in Italy by Laterza and Figli in 1992. Text in Italian. Arguably, the most comprehensive reference
Category
1990s Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Perfection in Form ‘English and Italian Edition’ Robert Mapplethorpe Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Today, Robert Mapplethorpe is recognized as firmly an artist of his time, whose work was richly steeped in the classical tradition. Even his most transgressive work borrowed heavily ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Dolce
Gabbana Sicily Caretto notebook
By Dolce
Gabbana
Located in WELWYN, GB
Dolce & Gabbana Sicily Caretto
notebook.
Perfect for gifts!
Size 21cmx15cm
Brand new in the original box!
Please check my other DG clothing,
bags & accessories!
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Used Italian Books
BOOK HARDCOVER-ETTORE SOTTSASS-TUTTA LA CERAMICA
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
SIGNED COPY (FULVIO FERRARI) HARDCOVER -ETTORE SOTTSASS-TUTTA LA CERAMICA
Category
Italian Used Italian Books
BOOK ETTORE SOTTSASS-TUTTA LA CERAMICA-HARDCOVER
By Fulvio Ferrari
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
IN ITALIAN.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Used Italian Books
19th Century Intaglio Impressions In Book Form
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Grand tour Neoclassic intablio impressions in book form
Category
19th Century Italian Used Italian Books
Album Privato di Baly Hinter Wipflinger Softcover Photography Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Album Privato di Baly Hinter Wipflinger 1995
Superb male nude photography of Italian models. The
Category
1990s Italian Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1970s Knoll au Louvre Hardcover Book Catalog of the Exhibition
By Knoll
Located in Ferndale, MI
1971, Knoll International, Inc.
Printed in Italy
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Henri Matisse: A Retrospective, John Elderfield, Coffee Table Art Book
By Henri Matisse
Located in Brugge, BE
Reproducing more than 400 artworks (320 in color), this hefty catalogue of an exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art documents the largest and most ambitious Matisse retrospec...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Caesar
s Gallic Wars Provenance Chatsworth House Attic Sale
Located in Leeds, GB
This rare copy of Caesar's Gallic Wars as translated by F P Long was in the possession of the archivist at Chatsworth House.
Resume of contents:
1.Book I 58BC The Helvetii,the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Used Italian Books
Knoll Design a Book by Eric Larrabee and Massimo Vignelli
Located in Chicago, IL
was published in Italy.
Fine coffee table art book.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
The Jewish Wardrobe Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
"The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Hardcover, February 28, 2019
by Esther Juhasz (Editor, Contributor), Mauro Magliani (Photographer), Efrat A...
Category
2010s Italian Moorish Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
"Il Rumore Del Tempo" Book of Gaetano Pesce
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Milan, IT
"Il Rumore Del Tempo" book of Gaetano Pesce. Original cover.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Dwellings Living With Great Style Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
"Dwellings: Living with Great Style Hardcover, September, 2003
by Stephen Sills/James Huniford (Author)
Two of today's most acclaimed interior designers share their secrets in this...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Bohemian Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Paris Interiors Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
"Paris Interiors Hardcover, August 1, 2003
by Lisa Lovett-Smith (Author)
Featuring a broad cross-section of interiors, this book brings together a selection of over 50 apartments i...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Bohemian Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1484 Gospel of John, Latin Bible Fragment Incunabula Medieval
By Johannes Horbort
Located in Albany, OR
1484 Gospel of John (only). Complete. "In the beginning was the Word" (1:1). Biblia Latina, fragment. Printed in Venice by Johann Horbort, de Seligenstadt, April 30, 1484. Reference:...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Medieval Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
"The Miami estate of Vizcaya, like its palatial contemporaries Biltmore and San Simeon, represents an achievement of the Gilded Age, when country houses and their gardens were a cons...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Revival Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Lenny Kravitz by Mark Seliger Hardcover Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Musician Lenny Kravitz and photographer Mark Seliger, chief photographer for Rolling Stone, have been good friends for many years. With access only close friendship allows, Seliger h...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Private Parts Hardcover Out-of-print Book by Giovanni
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Private parts hardcover out-of-print book by Giovanni
Private Parts is A follow up to Giovanni?s tremendously stiff and successful 2005 debut Bites in which the famed (yet anonymous...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
William Morris Textiles Vintage Hard-Cover Decorative Book by Linda Parry
Located in Oakland Park, FL
William Morris Textiles vintage decorative hard-cover book by Linda Parry
William Morris Textiles was the first comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original, colorful texti...
Category
1980s Italian Arts and Crafts Used Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Raymond Jean Iron and Walnut Tables, 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
.
The design was featured in the renowned Esempi series of Italian books which featured the best in
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Iron
$1,200 / set
1960s Italian Palisander Veneer Library Books Container
Located in Firenze, IT
Four bottom sliding drawers and plenty of books containers, bar cabinet and an opening flap door
Category
1960s Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Brass
Oversized Modern Italian Tessellated Books by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Oversized tessellated books by Maitland Smith.
Category
1970s American Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Marble
Piero Fornasetti umbrella stand cat on books, Italy circa 1960
By Fornasetti
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
A rare and early Piero Fornasetti umbrella stand.
“Gatto sui Libri”; cat on books.
Metal
Category
1960s Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Bookends, "forbidden books" "libri proibiti" made in Italy 1950
By Fornasetti
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
that translates to "Forbidden Books".
Made in Italy 1950 circa
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Italian Books
Materials
Metal
TOLE METAL BOOKS AS A TABLE
Located in Hudson, NY
A TOLE ITALIAN TABLE AS A STACK OF BOOKS. THE TOP OPENS UP FOR LOTS OF STORAGE, OR A HIDING PLACE
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Used Italian Books
Materials
Metal
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There is a range of used Italian books for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique used Italian books was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, metal and animal skin. There are all kinds of used Italian books available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Regency used Italian books are consistently popular styles. Used Italian books have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Fornasetti, Kishin Shinoyama and Yoko Ono are consistently popular.
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Prices for used Italian books can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, used Italian books begin at $35 and can go as high as $50,000, while the average can fetch as much as $412.
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- How were book presses used?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A book press was used to bind books with pressure. When a book is placed in the center of the press, the platen is lowered to firmly press the book to hold its shape. Today, book presses are a popular home decor choice for collectors and avid book readers alike. Shop a selection of vintage book presses on 1stDibs.
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