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Cento favole morali

CHF 2,938.00

Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario

Cento favole morali

1577

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

CHF 2,938.00

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

CHF 1,901.00

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.

CHF 1,901.00

Traitè des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle

CHF 908.00

Frezier, Amédée François

Traitè des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle

1747

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

CHF 908.00

Vinetum Britannicum

CHF 1,556.00

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.

CHF 1,556.00

Théorie des machines simples

CHF 1,556.00

Coulomb, Charles-Augustin

Théorie des machines simples

1821

The foundation of modern mechanical engineering.

CHF 1,556.00

Italian botanical Herbarium, 51 specimens

CHF 735.00

Italian botanical Herbarium, 51 specimens

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

CHF 735.00

Italian small Herbarium, 12 specimens

CHF 186.00

Italian small Herbarium, 12 specimens

1923

Early 20th-century Italian botanical herbarium with 12 specimens

CHF 186.00

Le Cabinet de la Bibliotheque de Sainte Genevieve

CHF 5,011.00

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.

CHF 5,011.00
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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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