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Place of Origin: Italian
Historia Plantarum Biblioteca Casanatense Ms 459
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Limited run of 750 copies (ours bears No. 529) of the anastatic reproduction of Ms. 459 also known as "Tacuinum Sanitatis" preserved at the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome. We are dea...
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Early 2000s Other Italian Books

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Velvet, Paper

19th Century Two Italian Volumes Monumenti Di Tutti I Popoli by Ernest Breton
Located in Sofia, BG
Two volumes 'Monumenti di tutti i popoli" written by Breton in Italian language. Quite good condition with some light traces of moisture between pages. Published in 1844 and 1846.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Italian Books

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Paper

Jacques Jarrige
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
ISBN 979-8-9853078-0-1 Art book 328 pages This mid-career survey of the works of Jacques Jarrige marks the 12th anniversary of my fruitful collaboration with him. At the heart of...
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2010s Italian Books

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Paper

Bread Is Gold
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Bottura, the world's best chef, prepares extraordinary meals from ordinary and sometimes 'wasted' ingredients inspiring home chefs to eat well while living well. 'These dishes could change the way we feed the world, because they can be cooked by anyone, anywhere, on any budget. To feed the planet, first you have to fight the waste', Massimo Bottura Bread is Gold is the first book to take a holistic look at the subject of food waste, presenting recipes for three-course meals from 45 of the world's top chefs, including Daniel Humm, Mario Batali, René Redzepi, Alain Ducasse, Joan Roca, Enrique Olvera, Ferran & Albert Adrià and Virgilio Martínez. These recipes, which number more than 150, turn everyday ingredients into inspiring dishes that are delicious, economical, and easy to make. Massimo Bottura is the chef patron of Osteria Francescana, a three-Michelin-star restaurant that he opened in 1995 in Modena, Italy, which was ranked #1 in the World's 50 Best in 2016. Massimo was interested in cooking from a young age. In 1986, he opened his first restaurant and subsequently developed his love of food while working for Alain Ducasse and Ferran Adrià. Massimo has created Refettorios, soup kitchens that use excess food from supermarkets and local suppliers to provide healthy, seasonal meals for people in need. He is the author of Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Bread Is Gold
Bread Is Gold
$40 / item
1974 Songs from Shakespeare s Plays
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
A fine limited edition work which presents the songs found in the plays of William Shakespeare, including verses found in all of his major works. An uncommon, limited edition work. ...
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1970s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Round Table Palatine Manuscript 556 Florence, National Central Library
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Limited run of 750 copies (ours bears No. 563) of the facsimile reproduction of the ms.556 codex made, in 1446, by Zuliano degli Anzoli, preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Central...
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Early 2000s Other Italian Books

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Paper

Italian Rare Edition of Historia Dell Armi Imperiali from Venice 1687
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare antique Italian edition of HISTORIA DEGL'AVENIMENTI DELL'ARMI IMPERIALI CONTRO A'RIBELLI, ET OTTOMANI published in Venice at 1687. Italy
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Late 17th Century Antique Italian Books

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Paper

The painting of the 1700s in Rome
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Exemplar in good condition, in slipcase with yellowing and signs of wear. Dust jacket with yellowing, evident on spine; dust spots and signs of wear at edges and corners. Yellowed an...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Impressionism Art Book 1973
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionism, hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1973 by Chartwell Books Inc. Printed in Italy. Illustrated, 320 pages.
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1970s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volume Set First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volumes by Giuseppe Morazzoni. Luigi Alfieri, Milano, nd, First Edition hardcovers. ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Signed Limited Edition Book with Capitello Bookstand
By Studio 65, Gufram Furniture, Dian Hanson, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
He’s a four-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia. His films have grossed four billion dollars worldwide. He won the California governor’s race by a landslide. He has one of the most recognizable faces in the world, an oft-imitated accent, and a physique still heralded as the most perfect ever built. He’s Arnold, the one and only, with first name recognition worldwide, and now with a two-volume edition equal to his impressive size and unabashed ego. A decade of collaboration in the making, this photo tribute covers 75 years of Schwarzenegger, from the future Terminator’s impoverished childhood in Thal, Austria, to his rise as a young athlete, his journey to America to become the most celebrated bodybuilder of all time, to his career as the world’s leading action film star, then into the California governor’s mansion and beyond. Along the journey, Arnold’s muscular body, chiseled features, and charismatic personality made him a favorite subject of photographers, including Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Francesco Scavullo, and Andy Warhol. The big book includes them all, while the smaller companion volume gives you more intimate bodybuilding images, behind-the-scenes film stills, dozens of photos from Arnold’s personal archive, and exclusive interviews with Arnold and those who know him best, including directors Ivan Reitman and Bob Rafelson, and bodybuilding legends Franco Columbu, Dave Draper, and Frank Zane. The Capitello edition comes with a unique book stand – a 1:2 scale reproduction of the iconic Capitello chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Foil

Impressionism, Reflections and Perceptions by Meyer Shapiro
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionism, Reflections and Perceptions by Meyer Shapiro. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition published in 1997 by George Braziller. Printed and bound by G. Canal...
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1990s Italian Books

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Paper

The Masterworks of the Impressionists by Douglas Mannering
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Masterworks of the Impressionists by Douglas Mannering. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1998 by Sweetwater Press. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 256 pages.
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1990s Italian Books

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Paper

Modern Painting, the Impressionists the Avante-Garde of the Twentieth Century
Located in Bradenton, FL
Modern Painting, the Impressionists and the Avante-Garde of the Twentieth Century. Hardcover book. First edition published in 1998 by Barron's. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 399 pages.
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1990s Italian Books

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Paper

Adolf Loos Works and Projects by Ralf Bock, and Philippe Ruault 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Adolf Loos: Works and Projects by Ralf Bock (Author), and Philippe Ruault (Photographer). Published by Milano Skira, 2007. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Adolf Loos (1870-1933) w...
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Early 2000s Italian Books

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Paper

Kartell 1968 Catalog: Lampade e Arredamento
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in New York, NY
November 1968 catalog for the iconic Italian design company Kartell, divided into two sections: Lamps and Furnishings. Square 8vo with printed plasticized wrappers, 55 pages, lavishl...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Biennale di Firenze: Looking at Fashion, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Biennale di Firenze: Looking at Fashion, by Germano Celant, Luigi Settembrini, and Ingrid Sischy. Published by Skira, 1996. 683 pp., Illustrated throughout in both b/w and color. ".....
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Late 20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Michelangelo - The Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel
Located in Bradenton, FL
Michelangelo - The Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 2002 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. of New York. Printed and bound in Italy. 239 pages with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Italian Books

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Paper

VERTICAL ART-The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks.
Located in Milan, IT
A spectacular book that presents 377 rare and remarkable canes drawn from one of the world's most extraordinary cane collections. This project is the result a unique amalgam of passi...
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2010s Italian Books

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Paper

Albrecht Dürer s La Passione, by Officina Bodoni Press
Located in Middletown, NY
A lush LIMITED EDITION of Albrech Dürer's woodcuts illustrating the Passion of Christ, printed by OFFICINA BODONI in Verona. Albrecht Dürer. La Passione. Verona: Officina Bodoni...
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20th Century Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Neil Leifer Guts and Glory: The Golden Age of American Football
By Neil Leifer, Gabriel Schechter, Jim Murray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
No pain, no gain. The most memorable moments since the birth of pro football in America. The best of sports photographer Neil Leifer’s 10,000 rolls of football pictures, including hundreds of previously unpublished images. Presented in a custom slipcase and limited to a total of 1,500 copies signed by the photographer, this Collector’s Edition is a companion to Neil Leifer’s instant sell-out success, Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball, published by seller in 2007. In 1958, sports photographer Neil Leifer took the picture that remains one of his most famous to this day. The day he got the shot - Alan Ameche’s game-winning "Sudden Death" touchdown - was Leifer’s 16th birthday. This game, called "The Greatest Ever Played," signaled football’s emergence as America’s new national pastime; formerly half-empty stadiums welcomed sold-out crowds seemingly overnight, while football surpassed pro baseball and college football in national television ratings. Starting then, on any given Sunday Leifer was most likely shooting a football game somewhere in America. His 1961 photo of legendary Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle dropping back to pass landed Leifer his first cover for Sports Illustrated and cemented his close connection to the sport. While best known for his iconic photograph of Muhammad Ali towering over a fallen Sonny Liston, and for the enormous diversity of subjects he covered in and out of the sports world, it is his football pictures Leifer considers his best. This collection represents the best of his best, culled from over 10,000 rolls of film on the sport, including hundreds of previously unpublished pictures. It’s impossible to conceive of Peyton Manning hovering over an impromptu wood fire on the sidelines during a blizzard, but Leifer captured Tittle’s Giants doing exactly that during the coldest game in his living memory (the 1962 Championship in New York, a game "far colder than the famous Ice Bowl"). From Vince Lombardi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Other

Je Suis Le Cahier, the Sketchbooks of Picasso
Located in Bradenton, FL
Je Suis Le Cahier, The Sketchbooks of Picasso. Edited by Arnold Glimcher and Marc Glimcher. Stated first edition published in 1986 by The Atlantic Monthly Press. Hardcover book with ...
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1980s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Located in Middletown, NY
An early illustrated edition of Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso (1544 – 1595) "La Gerusalemme Liberata; Di Torquato Tasso – Figurata da Bernardo Castello – con le annotationi ...
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Early 17th Century Antique Italian Books

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Leather, Paper

Old Antiques Books
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Two interesting Antiques books from my collection, indispensable for an antique dealer: "A thousand pieces of furniture from Emilia" (Graziano Manni) - cm.34x25x3 - "Passionati and ...
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Late 20th Century Other Italian Books

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Paper

The Story of Painting, the Essential Guide to the History of Western Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Story of Painting, the Essential Guide to the History of Western Art. By Sister Wendy Beckett, in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Hardcover book wi...
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Late 20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Paul Klee, Uomo Pittore Disegnatore, by H. C. Von Tavel, 1st Ed Exh, Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Paul Klee. Uomo Pittore Disegnatore ((Man, Painter, Draftsman), by H. C. Von Tavel. Published by Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2004, Milan. 1st Ed softcover. The rich Paul Klee exhibition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Brassaï – Graffiti; Zwei Gespräche mit Picasso
Located in Middletown, NY
Stuttgart: Chr. Belser Verlag, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto 11 1/8 x 9 in. (283 x 229 mm); pp. 47 text, 2 conversations with Picasso printed on brown laid paper in bl...
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20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Art and Craft in Africa by Laure Meyer
Located in Bradenton, FL
Art and Craft in Africa, Everyday Life, Ritual, Court Art by Laure Meyer. Softcover book, published in 1995. Over 180 illustrations in color, printed in Italy, 207 pages.
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1990s Italian Books

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Paper

Nature Animals Posing in Still Life Art, European Italian Coffee Table Book
Located in New York, NY
Nature Posing the Grand Season of Still Life of Europe and Italy; A large (grand) coffee table or library book, 1977, Milano, Italy. Translation of Title in Italian: Natura In Posa, ...
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1970s Rustic Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

The Desert Southwest
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Desert Southwest with text by Nora Burba and Paula Panich, photography by Terrence Moore. Hardcover with dustjacket, published in 1987 by Bantum Boo...
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1980s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Michelangelo - Complete Works
Located in Bradenton, FL
Michelangelo - Complete Works, softcover book. Special edition for the Vatican museums and galleries. Printed in Italy, 78 color illustrations, 96 pages.
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Late 20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae, Annibale CARRACCI, 1753 - oversized folio
Located in Middletown, NY
Carracci's frescoes at Palazzo Farnese in Rome Rome: Venantius Monaldinus, 1753. First Edition. Oversized folio, 17 1/4 x 12 inches (438 x 304 mm); half title, engraved portrait o...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Italian Books

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Gold Leaf

Capodimonte by Nicola Spinosa, 1st Ed With English Text
Located in valatie, NY
Capodimonte by Nicola Spinosa, 1st Ed With English Text. Publisher: Electa Napoli, 2001. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Museo di Capodimonte is an art museum located in the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy. The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Mimmo Rotella: Selected Works by Mimmo Rotella, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mimmo Rotella: Selected Works by Mimmo Rotella (Artist) and Germano Celant (Contributor). Publisher Skira Editore, Milano, 2007. 1st Ed hardcover with d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Jean-Luc Baroni.: An Exhibition of Master Drawings Oil Sketches 2004, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.: An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, New York & London, 2004, at Adam Williams Fine Art, New York, 4 - 28 May 2004, and Baroni's London Gallery, 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Pirelli Calendar 2004 Shot by Nick Knight in London
By Nick Knight, Pirelli Tyres
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Pirelli Calendar 2004 Shot by Nick Knight in London Collector's item ‎- Photography - Colors Measures : ~60cmx44cm For the 2004 Pirelli calendar, photographer Nick Knight and art di...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Palazzi of Sicily by Angheli Zalapi Hardcover Book, Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Palazzi of Sicily by Angheli Zalapi Hardcover. This book is the first to trace the evolution in style of the fabulous homes that have been built on the island of Sicily, from feudal...
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20th Century Baroque Italian Books

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Paper

Antique Furniture of Emilia Romagna, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Antique Furniture of Emilia Romagna (Antique Furniture of Emilia Romagna.) Modena: Poligrafico Artioli, 1994. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. ...
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20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Oriental Rugs and Carpets by Fabio Formenton
Located in Bradenton, FL
Oriental Rugs and Carpets by Fabio Formenton. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1977 by Hamlyn Publishing Group. Printed and bound in Italy. Illustrated, 250 pages.
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1970s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

La Ceramica in Italia
By Guido Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Well-edited and lavishly illustrated survey of mid-century Italian ceramics, written by Hugo Blattler and published in Rome in 1958 by Aristide Palombi as part of the Arti Pratiche series, intended to contribute to an examination in depth of the material, as well as to the documentation and to the spreading of knowledge of each separate subject. Features vessels, lighting, fireplaces, and artworks by renowned artists such as Lucio Fontana, Salvatore Meli, Fauson Melotti, Gio Ponti, Antonia Campi, Marcello Fantoni, Franco Meneguzzo, Pietro Melandri, and Guido Gambone, along with a host of lesser-known figures. Stellar abstract designs throughout. Square 8vo (8.5” x 9”), 206 pages, hardcover, illustrated throughout in b/w. Slight lean to spine. Mild soiling to extremities, with chipping to corners. Professional repair to front hinge, as well as between pp. 194-5 and 204-5. Light chipping to first two leaves. The complete front cover remains of the dust jacket, which is still crisp and vibrant, with only minor chipping to top edge. Missing spine and back of dust jacket. A must-have for collectors and connoisseurs of Italian design and mid century ceramics.
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Books

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Parmigianino e Il Manierismo Europeo Schianchi, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Parmigianino e Il Manierismo Europeo Schianchi, by Lucia and Sylvia Ferino Pagden. Published by Silvana, Milano 2002. To commemorate the 5th centenary of the birth of the important Italian Mannerist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books
By Vivien, R.P. Michael, Alfonso Maria De Liguori
Located in valatie, NY
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books. 1.) Sermoni Per Tutte Le Domeniche Dell' Anno (Sermons for all the Sundays in a Year) by Monsignore Alfonso Maria De Liguori. Na...
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18th Century Antique Italian Books

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Paper, Animal Skin

Anatomy as Art by Mario Bucci
By Mario Bucci
Located in valatie, NY
Anatomia Come Arte (Anatomy as Art) by Mario Bucci. Florence: The Fiorino Art Edition, 1969. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket, Italian text. 291 pp. A handsome art book illu...
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20th Century Italian Books

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Paper

Impressionist New York by William H. Gerdts
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionist New York by William H. Gerdts. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition published by Artabras in 1994. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 224 pages.
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1990s Italian Books

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Paper

Robert Bateman, an Artist in Nature
Located in Bradenton, FL
Robert Bateman, an Artist in Nature, with text by Rick Archbold. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1995 by Crescent Books. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 176 pages.
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1990s Rustic Italian Books

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Paper

Lettres à une amie vénitienne, by Rainer Maria Rilke – OFFICINA BODONI
Located in Middletown, NY
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1941. Limited Edition. Vellum. Octavo, 9 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches (250 x 170 mm); title page vignette etched by Mario Vellani-Marchi with a couple of small spots,...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Books

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Gold Leaf

Boccaccio – Douze nouvelles de Messire Jean Boccace Seigneur Florentin
Located in Middletown, NY
Boccaccio, Giovanni [Jean Boccace] Douze nouvelles de Messire Jean Boccace Seigneur Florentin; Avec les illustrations en couleurs d'Alfred Le Petit Paris: René Kieffer, 1925. Limit...
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Early 20th Century Italian Books

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Gold Leaf

Sebastião Salgado "GENESIS" Signed, Limited Edition SUMO Book, with stand
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collector's Edition Book measures: 18.4 x 27.6 in. Total weight: 130 lb. The Collector’s Edition is limited to 2,500 copies (No. 501-3,000), numbered and signed by Sebastião Salg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Cherry, Paper

Drawings of Filippino Lippi and His Circle
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Drawings of Filippino Lippi and his circle. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition held there from October 28th ...
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1990s Renaissance Italian Books

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Paper

The Great American Pin-Up
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel. Hardcover book, published in 2002 by Taschen. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 447 pages. Printed in English, G...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall
Located in Bradenton, FL
Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall, an Artist's Country Estate. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to accompany...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Klee by Denys Chevalier
Located in Bradenton, FL
Klee by Denys Chevalier. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1979 by Crown Publishers Inc of New York. Printed in Italy. 51 Illustrations in color, 23 illustrations in black...
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1970s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Norman Mailer/Bert Stern, Marilyn Monroe
By Norman Mailer, Bert Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three legends. Monroe by Mailer and Stern. We have paired Mailer’s original text (his 1973 biography Marilyn) with Bert Stern’s extraordinary photographs, widely considered the m...
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Late 20th Century Italian Books

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Acrylic, Paper

Ralph Gibson Nude
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Perfectly intimate. The infinite subtlety of the female form. Collector’s edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies, each signed by the artist. A decade after his first Taschen book, Deus ex machina, master photographer Ralph Gibson returns with an exquisite collection of nudes, combining the best of his recent work with an in-depth interview by Eric Fischl. Strikingly graphic, meticulously composed, and loaded with subtle provocations, Gibson’s mysterious, dreamlike images pay homage to greats such as Man Ray and Edward Weston, while continually pursuing new frontiers. "A photographer once said that beauty in women is endless. Perhaps it was I who said it. At least, art history indicates this to be so; the Willendorf Venus is said to date from 25,000 BC. I love photographing women...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Other

Moderns by Gaston Diehl
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Moderns by Gaston Diehl, a treasury of painting throughout the world. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition published in 1978 by Crown Publishers, Inc. of New York. Print...
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1970s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Je Suis Le Cahier, the Sketchbooks of Picasso
Located in Bradenton, FL
Je Suis Le Cahier, The Sketchbooks of Picasso. Edited by Arnold Glimcher and Marc Glimcher. Stated first edition published in 1986 by The Atlantic Monthly Press. Softcover book, prin...
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1980s Vintage Italian Books

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Paper

Palermo La Splendente by Aurlio Pes and Melo Minnella
By Aurelio Pes, Melo Minnella
Located in valatie, NY
Palermo La Splendente by Aurlio Pes and Melo Minnella. Palermo: Promo Libri, 2006. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket, Italian text. 231 pp. A beautifully photographed book on art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Facendo Mobili Con Poltrona
By Poltronova
Located in New York, NY
Second edition of this compendium of radical and post-modern design produced by the Tuscan-based firm Poltronova from its early collaborations with Ettore Sottsass, who became Art Director in 1958, through the heyday of 1960’s anti-design and to the mid-1970s. Features work by both Old Guard masters and emerging leaders of the Radical Movement including (in addition to Sottsass) Archizoom, Superstudio, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Allesandro Mendini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Gianni Ruffi, Giovanni Michelucchi, Gianfranco Fini, Mario Ceroli, Ugo Nespolo, Roberto Barni, Paolo Portoghesi, Gino Marotta, and the group De Pas, D’Urbino, and Lomazzi. Written by Pier Carlo Santini and published by Artigraf Edizioni in 1996, following its initial run in 1977. 4to, 181 pages with text in Italian; stiff printed wraps with printed brown paper dust jacket. Fully illustrated, primarily in black-and-white. Includes artist biographies. A scarce and significant resource chronicling the contribution of this avant-garde design firm. A crisp, collectible copy with only minor bumping to the dust jacket and extremities. From the estate of design guru Jim Walrod...
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1990s Mid-Century Modern Italian Books

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Piedmontese Furniture, First Edition
By Elio Quaglino
Located in valatie, NY
Il Mobile Piemontese (Piedmontese Furniture.) Milan: Görlich Editore, 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 204 pp. Italian text. A beautiful book on the history of carved Piedmont furniture...
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20th Century Italian Books

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The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom
Located in New York, NY
Byzantine art established the images of the Christian religion that are still current today: the appearance, dress and attributes of Biblical figures all owe their invention to these early artists. The Byzantine Empire spanned the fourth to the fifteenth century, bridging the Middle Ages from the late Roman Empire to the early Renaissance, and of all the world's empires, it is most clearly defined by its art. Presenting 300 artworks from the years 240 to 1453, The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom encapsulates the development of art in eastern Europe and eastern Mediterranean from the very early days of Christianity to the fall of Constantinople. Even when a more secular art developed during the early Renaissance, Byzantine art lived on as the dominant style for religious art, particularly in the Orthodox East. Nevertheless, a perception of Byzantine art as purely religious is misleading: while it included the production of glorious icons, it also encompassed metalwork, architecture, sculpture, wall painting and mosaics, but secular and Christian. From architecture to jewellery, from coins to paintings, from mosaics to book illuminations, the book explores Byzantine art in all its forms. Unique not only for its extensive variety of art forms, the book also has a vast geographic Scope, including art from Britain to Syria, from Spain to Turkey, from Egypt to Georgia. An introductory essay by Antony Eastmond summarizes the essence of Byzantine and early Christian art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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