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Scarce, beautifully illustrated 17th century herbal View picture(s) 1 BOCCONE, Paulo. Icones & descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae, & Italiae. Quarum unaquaeque proprio charactere signata, ab aliis eiusdem classis facile distinguitur. (Oxford), e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1674. 4to. Early 19th century treecalf, spine ribbed in 6 compartments, 5 with gilt flowers, 1 with black morocco title-label, black sprinkled edges. Title-engraving depicting the Sheldonian Theatre, 52 fine engraved illustrations showing numerous plants and flowers. (8), 96, (7, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Botany  France  Italy  Natural History  Sicily  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of Sicily View picture(s) 2 BURIGNY, [Jean Lévesque] de. Histoire generale de Sicile, dans laquelle on verra toutes les différentes revolutions de cette isle depuis le tems òu elle a commencé à être habitée, jusq'à la derniéree paix entre la Maison de France, & la Maison d'Autriche. The Hague, Isaac Beauregard & Pierre Gosse, 1745. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spines ribbed and gilt, with two red title labels lettered in gold to each volume, triple gilt fillet borders on covers, red painted eges, marbled endpapers. With a vignette on both titles, two large folding maps in vol. 1, and several fine woodcut initials, head- and endpieces by B. F. Immink (1743). Vol. 1 (16), 512 pp., vol. 2 (8), 454, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Cartography  Italy  Sicily  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Geographical schoolbook on islands, mountains and volcanos View picture(s) 3 CAILLOT, Antoine. Natuur- en geschiedkundige schoonheden der eilanden, bergen en vulkanen. Naar het Fransch. Rotterdam, Mensing, Van Westreenen, 1824. Sm.8vo. Orig. boards. With engraved illustration on title and fine engraved frontispiece by R. Vinkeles. X, 187 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Geography  Greece  Iceland  Mountaineering  Schoolbooks  Sicily  Volcanos  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Still important for the history of the Normans and their conquests; many first editions of relevant medieval texts View picture(s) 4 DU CHESNE, Andreas. Historiae Normannorum scriptore antiqui, res ab illis per Galliam, Angliam, Apuliam, Capuae principatum, Siciliam, & orientem gestas explicantes, ab anno Christi DCCCXXXVIII, ad annum MCCXX. Insertae sunt monasteriorum fundationes variae, series episcoporum ac abbatum: genealogiae regum, ducum, comitum, & nobilium ... Paris, for Robert Foüet, Nicolaus Buon & Sebastien Cramoisy, 1619. Large folio. 19th century red morocco, richly gilt in the style of the 17th century, spine gilt in compartments, gilt borders on both sides with gilt crowned monogram (a 'V' between 'E' and 'B' ?) in centre, marbled endpapers, gilt binding edges, inner dentelles, g.e. With engraved printer's device on title: a beehive surrounded by four emblematic medallions and the marks of the three publishers; many woodcut head- and tail pieces. (12), 1104, (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: England  France  History  Italy  Middle Ages  Sicily  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Travels in Italy and Sicily View picture(s) 5 KEPHALIDES, August Wilhelm. Reis door Italie en Sicilie. Amsterdam, Wed. G. Warnars en Zoon, 1818-1819. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary speckled boards. With large folding engraved view of the volcano Etna, 3 folding engraved plans and engraved plate with diagram. XVI, 398; VIII, 320 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Europe  Italy  Sicily  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Trade in Sicily View picture(s) 6 [PAMPHLET - TRADE]. Tractaat van commercie, tusschen sijne Majesteit den Koning der beide Sicilien, en de Heeren Staaten Generaal  der Vereenigde Nederlanden. &c. 's-Gravenhage, Jacobus Scheltus, 1753. 4to. Contemporary grey wrappers. With large woodcut coat-of-arms of the Dutch Republic on title. 39, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Commerce  Dutch  Italy  Pamphlets  Sicily  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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