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Illustrated Perspective Treatise
by a Renowned Sicilian Architect
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AMATO, Paolo. La Nuova Pratica di Prospettiva nella quale si spiegano alcune nuove opinioni, e la Regola universale di Disegnare... Palermo, Vincenzo Toscano & Onofrio Gramignani, 1736.
Very rare sole edition of one of the only illustrated architectural treatises by a working architect published in Sicily.
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Allegory Of Commerce:
The Glory Of Antwerp
In Contemporary Color
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[Trade] AMMAN, Jost. Eigentliche Abbildung desz ganzen Bewerbs der löblichen Kaufmannschafft… und fürnehmsten Handelstädt. Augsburg, Wilhelm Peter Zimmerman, 1622.
Rare third issue of a spirited allegorical broadside devoted to the glories of commerce, finished in contemporary hand color.
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Incunable Invective
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[INTERNATIONAL LAW / MAXIMILIAN I] Anonymous. Contra falsas Francorum litteras pro defensione honoris serenissimi Romanorum Regis. Augsburg, Erhard Ratdolt, [1492].
Very rare early printing of this piece of anti-French propaganda with which King Maximilian (Emperor 1493-1519) reacted to a double affront by Charles VIII of France who had stolen his wife and snubbed his daughter.
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How to Illuminate Manuscripts
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[BOOK OF SECRETS] Anonymous. A very proper treatise, wherein is breefely set foorth the art of Limming, which teacheth the order in drawing and tracing of leters, Vinets, Flowers, Armes, and Imagerye... London, Thomas Purfoot, the assigne of Richard Tottill, 1588.
Rare early English instruction manual for painting and illuminating books, manuscripts and other works.
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Anti-Semites Critique The Wine Monopoly
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[ WINE BROADSIDE [S.V.]] Anonymous. Der Wein Jud. Etching with German and Latin text, including Biblical verses. Trier, 1628.
Rare first edition of this anti-Semitic broadsheet, a derisive attack on the perceived Jewish monopoly on the German wine industry during the Thirty Years War (1618-48).
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