Naples: Società Editrice Napoletana, 1981. Portfolio containing introductory text in Italian and 64 loose facsimile plates printed in bluish black ink. Sheets measure approximately 19 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (500 x 350 mm), full margins. A twentieth-century luxury facsimile portfolio featuring celebrated views, architectural renderings, and topographical plates of..... More
c 1815. Black crayon and graphite with white heightening on blue handmade laid paper, 11 7/8 x 18 inches (300 x 456 mm). Adhered at all four corners to a period support, on which the title and an illegible date (perhaps 1815) appear to be written in the artist's hand..... More
1599. Chiaroscuro woodcut in colors printed from four blocks on laid paper in dark brown, grey, and three shades of ochre, 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (370 x 370 mm), the full sheet. A very good impression with gaufrage clearly visible on the verso, trimmed to the platemark. A...... More
c 1650. Pen and sepia ink and wash on vellum, 8 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (225 x 267 mm). In very good condition with some modern notations in pencil on the verso, minor cockling, and a 1-inch horizontal crack occurring in the space above the figure's right shoulder (left-top..... More
Florence: Lorenzo Bardi, c 1840. Oblong quarto, 7 3/4 11 inches (195 x 280 mm). 18 aquatint plates engraved by G. Carrocci and others (image size 14 x 19 cm, plate mark size 18 x 25 cm), with superb hand coloring in heavy watercolor and gouache within black line and..... More
Rome: Carlo Losi, 1526. Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (215 x 110 mm), thread margins. In very good condition with a strip of archival paper adhered at the verso along the right sheet edge. Fourth state (of 4), printed c1780. More
1589. Engraving on handmade laid paper, 7 7/16 x 9 7/8 inches (190 x 250 mm) (the full sheet), with slightly trimmed margins, just inside the platemark (-5 mm). In very good condition with some very minor mottled light staining on the verso, perhaps adhesive residue from a former mount..... More
Rome: Venantius Monaldinus, 1753. First Edition. Oversized folio, 17 1/4 x 12 inches (438 x 304 mm); half title, engraved portrait of Annibale Carracci on frontispiece with tissue guard, rubricated title with large engraved vignette; 10 unnumbered prelim. pages and index, LXXIV pages with wide margins and uncut forty engravings..... More
Rome: M. Scheap, 1658. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (117 x 125 mm); sheet 5 x 6 1/8 inches (128 x 151 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with paper tape remnants at the top corners on the verso. Adhesive residue at the..... More
Rome: M. Scheap, 1658. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (117 x 125 mm); sheet 5 x 6 1/8 inches (128 x 151 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with paper tape remnants at the top corners on the verso, as well as on..... More
1977. Vintage gelatin silver print. Image dimensions 12 x 7 7/8 in. (302 x 200 mm), printed to edge. Photographer's copyright stamp and credit sticker on verso, with date 10/77. A beautifully composed image of a Sicilian town in the 1970's by photojournalist Alessandro Delcanale. More
1977. Vintage gelatin silver print. Image dimensions 12 x 7 3/4 in. (302 x 195 mm), printed to edge. Photographer's copyright stamp and credit sticker on verso. A typical cobbled street in Caltanissetta, at the heart of Sicily, by photojournalist Alessandro Delcanale. More
1977. Vintage gelatin silver print. Image dimensions 12 x 7 7/8 in. (302 x 200 mm), printed to edge. Photographer's copyright stamp and credit sticker on verso, with date 10/77. Photo depicting a people in a narrow street of Caltanissetta, Sicily by photojournalist Alessandro Delcanale. More
1849. Graphite on hand made, fibrous wove paper, finished with gray wash. 6 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches (160 x 110 mm). Unevenly trimmed sheet edges, non-archival tape remnants at all four corners, recto, well outside of image area. Horseshoe-shaped area of light discoloration that extends significantly into the figure's..... More
c1890. Pen and ink in sepia and watercolor on board, 7 x 11 1/2 (178 x 293 mm), the full sheet. Signed in ochre gouache in the lower right corner on the recto. Moderate toning and light attenuation, the pigments however remain fresh. More
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discoloration in the margins and on the verso, the image area remains clean and bright. The inscription in..... More
1617. Etching on laid paper with a partial, indiscernible watermark, 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (143 x 93 mm), margins. Scattered light areas of brown discoloration, especially apparent in the area of Venus's left arm in the center-sheet, and the lower left margin. Light handling wear. All conditions are..... More
c 1700. Red chalk on cream laid paper, 7 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (182 x 236 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and two small nicks in the top sheet edge. Some modern notations in pencil on the verso, as well as one early..... More
c1700. Red chalk on cream laid paper, 6 3/8 x 7 inches (160 x 176 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and some modern notations in pencil on the verso, as well as a rudimentary sketch of the top of a foot with toes, also..... More
c1700. Red crayon on lightweight laid paper with a partial Pro Patria watermark with Hollandia and a rampant lion, 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (142 x 190 mm), the full sheet. Scattered surface soiling, staining, and light handling wear. There is a cluster of ink dots in the lower..... More
c1750. Charcoal and graphite on grayish laid paper, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (265 x 195 mm), the full sheet. Scattered light, minor and unobtrusive foxing, several non-archival cellophane tape repairs to minor edge tears in the sheet at the bottom right corner, and the top margin, verso. Francesco..... More
Milan: Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1628. 4to, 9 5/8 x 7 inches (244 x 178 mm); (xii) + 140 pp, not including plates and inscriptions. Engraved architectural title with Saints Peter and Alexander by Francesco Bassano, 16 copperplates of female figures; woodcut dropcaps and tailpieces throughout. Later (circa 1890) red levant..... More
Brown ink and wash on laid paper with a grapes and vine watermark, 6 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches (168 x 164 mm). Laid down to Fellows watermarked wove paper, with uniform age tone, areas of light discoloration, and attenuation of pigment. Unevenly trimmed margins, and paper tape remnant from..... More
Tours: Giametto Metaieri, 1592. 12mo5 1/2 x 3 inches (140 x 76 mm); 146 pp. including a sonnet in French by R. Brisset and a page of errata. Title page with decorative border and several dropcaps, decorative head and tail pieces Hansome René Kieffer binding in pebbled red morocco, raised..... More
Pen and sepia ink wash on cream laid paper, 4 1/8 x 6 3/16 inches (103 x 152 mm). In good condition with scattered areas of light brown discoloration, and uniform age tone. Condition consistent with age. More