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  • Cuttings

    Peckham, P. Annetta

    Cuttings

    1877

    First Edition

    A temperance tract from the heart of California's growing wine trade, written by a woman and printed by a suffragist, witha photograph by Bradley & Rulofson. Author's presentation copy, with remarkable Seattle provenance

  • Cenerentola

    Zampini, Mario (designer); Perrault, Charles (after)

    Cenerentola

    1940

    First Edition

    An Italian pop-up carousel Cinderella, designed by a La Scala scenographer

  • La mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire napoletano

    De Jorio, Andrea

    La mimica degli antichi investigata nel gestire napoletano

    1832

    First Edition

    First ethnographic study of Neapolitan street gestures, as a key to ancient art

  • Breve esposizione di alcuni precetti sull'arte dell'equitazione da proporsi alle donne

    F., L.

    Breve esposizione di alcuni precetti sull'arte dell'equitazione da proporsi alle donne

    1827

    First Edition

    Illustrated horsemanship for women

  • Al gioco cinese chiamato il Rompicapo

    Anonymous (attr. Giraud, Giovanni)

    Al gioco cinese chiamato il Rompicapo

    1818

    First Edition

    An ironic take on the European craze for the Chinese tangram, with 12 hand-colored plates

  • Schmetterlinge u. Raupen. Abbildung und Beschreibung europäischer Schmetterlinge.

    Praun, Sigmund von

    Schmetterlinge u. Raupen. Abbildung und Beschreibung europäischer Schmetterlinge.

    1859

    First Edition

    Over 2,300 lavishly hand-colored butterflies and moths

  • Libri de piscibus marinis. (With:) Universae aquatilium Historiae pars altera

    Rondelet, Guillaume

    Libri de piscibus marinis. (With:) Universae aquatilium Historiae pars altera

    1554

    First Edition

    Over 400 woodcuts for one of the foundational books of modern ichthyology

  • Society as I have found it

    McAllister, Ward

    Society as I have found it

    1890

    First Edition

    Limited De Luxe edition, signed by the author, a.k.a. the gatekeeper of the Gilded Age

  • Carmen

    Mérimée, Prosper

    Carmen

    1846

    First Edition, First Impression

    First impression of the novel behind one of the world's best-loved operas

  • Nuova racolta di fontane

    Maggi, Giovanni

    Nuova racolta di fontane

    1645

    First Edition

    45 plates of water architecture of 16-century Rome

  • L' arte de' cenni

    Bonifacio, Giovanni

    L' arte de' cenni

    1616

    First Edition

    The first learned manual to decipher body language and eloquent silence

  • L'isole più famose del mondo

    Porcacchi, Tommaso

    L'isole più famose del mondo

    1572

    First Edition

    Renaissance survey of the world’s islands, richly engraved from Europe to Asia and the Americas.

  • L'Art du Brodeur

    Saint-Aubin, Charles Germain de

    L'Art du Brodeur

    1770

    First Edition

    Magnificent plates for the definitive 18th century guide to French court embroidery.

  • Die Weinrebe und ihre Kultur unter Glas

    Barron, Archibald F.

    Die Weinrebe und ihre Kultur unter Glas

    1895

    First German Edition

    A greenhouse grape manual where English practice is reworked for German growers.

  • Der Weinbau und die Weinbereitungskunde

    Mohr, Friedrich

    Der Weinbau und die Weinbereitungskunde

    1865

    First Edition

    Pre-Phylloxera wine chemistry, caught at the edge of a scientific rewrite.

  • Die amerikanischen Reben

    Sahut, Felix

    Die amerikanischen Reben

    1891

    First German Edition

    A Phylloxera-era manual, illustrated.

  • Acidum Sulphuricum Quam Vim in Alkoholem Exerceat (...) Dissertatio

    Mertens, J. A.

    Acidum Sulphuricum Quam Vim in Alkoholem Exerceat (...) Dissertatio

    1838

    First Edition

    Latin chemistry dissertation on sulphuric acid, alcohol, and ether.

  • De Vino

    Schuetz, Guilelmus

    De Vino

    1829

    First Edition

    Academic dissertation on wine: chemistry and medicine, geography and enology.

  • De Vinis

    Langheinrich, Henricus Adolphus

    De Vinis

    1823

    First Edition

    Academic medical dissertation on wine, from its history to adulteration tests.

  • De Usu Vini Medico

    Burmester, Theophilus Andreas

    De Usu Vini Medico

    1797

    First Edition

    Academic dissertation on wine as medicine.

  • Dissertatio Theologica Super Oraculo Jacobaeo Genes. XLIX, 11.

    Quandt, Christophorus Wilhelmus

    Dissertatio Theologica Super Oraculo Jacobaeo Genes. XLIX, 11.

    1694

    First Edition

    A Lutheran disputation on a biblical verse with a wine reference.

  • De Uva, ex Physicis

    Gerlach, Hieronimus Sigismundus

    De Uva, ex Physicis

    1666

    First Edition

    An academic disputation on the grape across science, medicine, and theology.

  • De dubia vini adulterati per liquorem probatorium

    Gehler, Ioannes Carolus

    De dubia vini adulterati per liquorem probatorium

    1782

    First Edition

    Leipzig medicine tests bad wine - and doubts the standard lead assay.

  • Spicilegium de Butigulariis Norimbergensibus

    Bezzelius, Erhardus Christophorus

    Spicilegium de Butigulariis Norimbergensibus

    1782

    First Edition

    An antiquarian pamphlet on the office of the wine keepers in medieval Nuremberg.

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