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the renowned "libro d'ore del Piazzetta", wonderful copy in its original venetian binding
First Edition of the most desirable Venetian illustrated books of the 18th century.
Beatae Mariae Virginis officium. Venetiis: Apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, 1740.
16vo (140 x 100 mm), contemporary full black fine-grained Morocco leather Venetian binding with gilt edges and gilded silver clasps, gilt silver border at boards in a contemporary full leather case, inside board covered in red silk, pp. [40], 427, [5], printed on precious thin paper, Sign.: π4A-2F8. Engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page.
15 full-page engravings along the text and 20 end-pieces
engraved by Marco Alvise Pitteri on drawings by Giovanni Piazzetta
text engraved by sister Angela Baroni
This Officium was printed in 1740 under request of the wealthy shopkeeper Caime as a sign of devotion to the Celestial Queen. The collection of the engraving's matrices of the Officium Beatae Mariae Virgins must then passed into the possession of… Read More

First Edition
The Bible of the British amateur plant lover
HILL, John. The British herbal: an history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty. London, Printed for T. Osborne, J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Newberry, B. Collins, S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, 1756.
Folio (41 x 25 cm), contemporary full calf binding, gilt double rule decoration at boards, 6 raised bands spine, red edges, ff. 2, pp. 535, [3], 75 plates, signatures: [A]² B-6U², title page in red and black, engraved title vignette by C. Grignion, engraved allegorical frontispiece by H. Roberts after S. Wale depicting the Genius of Good Health receiving tributes from the four continents, delivering them to the English readers.
75 engraved plates representing more than 2000 plants
John Hill's British Herbal falls into the category of the eighteenth-century English popular herbals. It begun to be released in weekly handouts in 1756 and was completed within a year. Its interest is mainly due to the… Read More