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Cento favole morali

$3,400 USD

Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario

Cento favole morali

1577

Illustrated fables by a pupil of Titian: 100+ woodcuts reveal an unexpected facet of Renaissance artistic brilliance.

$3,400 USD

Les décorations murales de Pompéi; with Choix des plus belles et intéressantes peintures de Pompéi

$2,200 USD

Presuhn, Émile

Les décorations murales de Pompéi; with Choix des plus belles et intéressantes peintures de Pompéi

1878

An archaeological masterpiece: 65 chromolithographs preserving Pompeii's vanished frescoes.

$2,200 USD

Traitè des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle

$1,050 USD

Frezier, Amédée François

Traitè des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle

1747

Pyrotechnics: from military craft to a disciplined science of spectacle.

$1,050 USD

Vinetum Britannicum

$1,800 USD

Worlidge, John

Vinetum Britannicum

1678

Second enlarged edition of a pioneering English treatise on cider production and fruit-wines, with engravings of ingenious machines and bees as essential partners in the orchard.

$1,800 USD

Théorie des machines simples

$1,800 USD

Coulomb, Charles-Augustin

Théorie des machines simples

1821

The foundation of modern mechanical engineering.

$1,800 USD

Italian botanical Herbarium, 51 specimens

$850 USD

Italian botanical Herbarium, 51 specimens

Exceptional 51-piece early 900 Italian botanical herbarium with original Latin labels.

$850 USD

Italian small Herbarium, 12 specimens

$215 USD

Italian small Herbarium, 12 specimens

1923

Early 20th-century Italian botanical herbarium with 12 specimens

$215 USD

Le Cabinet de la Bibliotheque de Sainte Genevieve

$5,800 USD

Du Molinet, Claude

Le Cabinet de la Bibliotheque de Sainte Genevieve

1692

Forty-five plates to document one of the first museums and libraries, still shimmering with Baroque wunderkammer flair.

$5,800 USD
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Cento favole morali by Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario: a distinguished excerpt from the 1577 illustrated wonders edition

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La Fenice at Pasadena Rare Books 2026

Illustrated catalog of rare antiquarian books from the 16th–20th centuries, spanning wine and viticulture, natural history, science, agriculture, architecture, and other illustrated curiosities. Highlights include Cento Favole (1577) by Giovanni Mario Verdizotti, Saturnalia (1604) by Justus Lipsius, and Vinetum Britannicum (1678) by John Worlidge, together with early botanical and viticultural treatises, fireworks manuals, and studies of Pompeian murals.

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