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CAUS, Salomon de. La Perspective, Avec la Raison des ombres et miroirs. London, Jan Norton, 1612.
Very rare first edition, second issue (see below) of this interesting and understudied perspective manual by the architect and engineer Salomon de Caus
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“One of the Most Beautiful Comprehensive 'Monumental' Treatises"
– Descargues
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HEINEKEN, Paul. Lucidum Prospectivae Speculum, Das ist: Ein heller Spiegel der Perspective. Augsburg, Heirs of Jeremiah Wolff, 1727.
Rare first edition of this richly illustrated work on practical perspective.
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Ch'N'Ha Cervell Ava Gamb
"Who Hath No Brains Has Legs"
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LOTTI, Lotto. [o sia] La Liberazione di Vienna Assediata dalle Armi Ottomane Poemetto Giocoso e La Banzuola. Bologna?, 1746.
Very rare illustrated edition (second; first c. 1685) of this poem on the siege of Vienna, along with Dialogues between Men and Women on daily life (La Banzuola).
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[HISTORY OF COLLECTIONS] MICHELANGELO, attr. to, / AULICINO, Vincenzo. Descrizione pe’ forestieri della cappella privata di D. Vincenzo Aulicino dove si venera in Napoli il Crocifisso medesimo; Aggiuntevi diverse preghiere al Crocifisso medesimo, ed al suo divin Padre. Naples, 1804.
Extremely rare privately printed illustrated pamphlet describing an ivory crucifix attributed to Michelangelo at the time it was in the private chapel of the Neapolitan D. Vincenzo Aulicino at the beginning of the 19th century, containing a full-page engraving of the crucifix by Morghen commissioned by Aulicino for this and related publications (see below).
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The Roman Antiquities Of Portugal
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RESENDE, Andrea de/VASCONCELLOS, Diogro Mendes de, ed.. Libri Quatuor de Antiquitatibus Lusitaniae. Evora, Martinus Burgensis, 1593.
Rare first edition and fine copy of this description of antiquities in Portugal, chiefly Roman, but extending to medieval ruins as late as the 14th century, one of the earliest antiquarian works we have ever encountered treating the extensive Roman heritage on the Iberian peninsula.
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