Search Results: Titles starting with V from Pazzo Books

Mexico: A. Carranza y Comp, 1908. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original printed wraps. Second edition, the first was 1906. Old grocery receipt laid in. Soups, lengua, rabbit, mole poblano, desserts (suspiras de monja), frijoles, tamales; a nice early 20th century cookery. 72pp Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000905.

Madrid: Pedro Marin, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary acid calf, worn at corners, spine darkened. Scattered browning and foxing, a few minor paper flaws, front endpapers loose, about very good overall. Volume 1 only. 240pp, includes Discursos: sobre las lenguas, los baños, la economia, Historia Natural de la Langosta, etc. Size: Octavo (8vo). One volume of the 2-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045523.

Venice: Gabriel Giolito, 1567. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Later boards, title soiled and final page soiled and browned, title with minor repair in gutter, scattered minor finger soiling and foxing, mostly very clean. An early edition of Vascovo's collection of sermons by Augustine and others translated into Italian. [28], 448pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 046179.

Venice: Hieronymum Porro, 1589. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum, toned, lacking ties, tear to vellum on rear cover with loss of a corner, a few stains and spots of wear, a bit shaken, but generally sound. 72 leaves with 34 engraved emblems by Girolamo Porro. Engraved title with early hand coloring. Mild marginal soiling throughout, small hole in B1 just touching image on verso, illustrations on B2v and B4v mounted, clean tear in margin of C4 just touching edge of image. A pleasing copy overall of the first bilingual edition of this interesting book of prophetic visions concerning the papacy. At the end is an Oraculum Turcicum with a caption in Turkish and 3 pages of manuscript prophecies added in an early hand on the rear endpapers. These regard Naples and Pope Gregory XIII. Brunet v3 534 (Bonne edtion), Ferguson 351, Graesse v3 462 Size: Quarto (4to). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read More

Rome: Gioacchino Puccinelli, 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 19th century card covers with added endpapers, light scattered foxing internally, a few minor paper flaws and dampstains, one small wormtrail in gutter touching a letter or two. 159pp Scarce work by the Italian violinist and music theorist. Catalogo della Biblioteca del Liceo Musicale di Bologna: I, p. 309; Catalogue of Early Books on Music, 210. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; Inventory No: 045600.

Lisbon: ASARO Principe Regente, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Later (ca. 1900) full polished calf, oblong octavo, light wear, endpapers refreshed, small water stain and tear to front blank, title page worn at edges with chipping to one corner, small dampstain in the lower margin of the first 3 or 4 pages, pencil notes to added endpaper and penciled numbers to leaves, otherwise bright and unmarked. Rare Portuguese edition of a French drawing manual first published in 1680 and reprinted again in the 19th century - only one copy of the Portuguese edition in OCLC and only a few of the French edition. 92 numbered plates on 52 leaves including the two title pages. First published as "Les vrais principes du dessein, suivis du Caractère des passions" also with 92 plates. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 045240.

Alcala de Henares: Joan de Brocar, 1542. Second Edition. Disbound. Fair Condition. Disbound, part 1 only (of 3), comprising only the Banquete de Cavalleros presumably disbound from Remedio de cuerpos humanos and Libro de pestilencia with which it was issued. Lacking title and first invocatory leaf as well as leaves 87 and 88. Heavy wear, marginal tearing, chipping, and other wear to first leaves, sometimes touching the text, in generally good condition internally otherwise. 6 leaves, 100 (i.e. 99, mispagination from lxiiii to lxvi) of 102 leaves, and a final leaf with the colophon that may have been taken from later in the same work. Vicaire 531 First published alone in 1530 and here revised and issued with further works on health and the plague, the Banquete de Cavalleros was meant as a health reference for the nobility. Lobera was the personal physician to Charles V and wrote the work on the way to Augsburg while in his service. It is a remarkable work of late medieval dietary theory, written in… Read More

Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, 1672. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Contemporary vellum much darkened but sound, first few pages loose, scattered minor foxing and age toning. Four volumes in one each with a separate title page, 140pp, 162pp, 200pp, 151pp; lacking plates and most of the folding map Size: dd. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Inventory No: 046699.

1711. Broadside. Very Good Condition. 13.5" x 8.5" broadside outlawing festivities due to the lack of foodstuffs because to the war. Browning at edges, a few pencil marks in margin. An attractive broadside printed in gothic type. There were a number of conflicts in Northern Europe in 1711, most related in some way to the War of the Spanish Succession. Rare. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Politics & Government. Inventory No: CAT000887.

Germany, 1713. Very Good Condition. Broadsheet ordering the cancellation of festivities due to the war and the " highly dangerous warlike, foodless" times. ca. 8 1/4" x 14". Probably the Rhine campaign at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. Browned at edges, light soiling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: CAT000481.

Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full navy cloth bearing gilt Harvard University stamp on spine, bookplate on pasted endpaper, and library stamp on first page. Some discoloration to spine where sticker was removed, minor wear to corners, extra engraved titlee, dedication to Duke Ferdninand I and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. Interior bright with limited foxing to some pages,and vignette illustrations. Overall an attractive book of verse. 1,[8] 137 [1]pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Poetry. Inventory No: 045263.

London: James Flesher, 1650. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Contemporary blind ruled calf, well worn, inner joints cracked but binding sound if a bit loose. Endpapers rumpled, no pastedowns, title browned, mild browning and foxing and scattered marginal notes in an early hand, a few old paper repairs in the outer margin; still about good. (12), 417, (1)pp with a number of mispaginations, but complete. Bitting 476 (1638 ed.), Cagle 1042A nice collection of both the popular Vita Recta (first published 1620) along with his Treatise on the baths of Bath and his Accurate Treatise Concerning Tobacco. Includes a very great deal of information on nutrition "eares are of hard digestion, and of very little nourishment", "Marrow is much more laudable than the braine", don't eat ducks, is it better to eat salted or unsalted food? Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000497.

Mexico: María de Benavides, 1698. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Near Fine Condition. Full contemporary vellum, ties largely intact. Light wear, light green stain near spine, scattered slight foxing, browning; a fresh wide margined copy. With the striking title page of the star filled sky and one engraving of Neri astride an eagle in flight. (40), portrait, 222, (12)pp. Palau 246730-III; Sabin 67647. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 047497.

Lisbon: Antonio Gomes, 1786. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, light wear at edges and hinges. Scattered light foxing, endpapers browned, a few small tears at page edges, one touching some text but with no loss - a clean, bright and fresh copy overall. xiiii, 497pp. With 3 plates and a lovely folding view of Diu. A revised edition of the life of the 15th century explorer, humanist and viceroy first published in 1651. His linking of science and navigation are most evident in his detailed observations of magnetism in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045308.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Faint shelfwear, else a fine, bright copy in an unclipped jacket. Signed by Infante on the title page. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 041586.

Meriden: Bayberry Hill Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good Condition. Richard Brzozowski. Number 52 of 65 copies. Paper on rear board torn, light wear at corners, fine internally. Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: Richard Brzozowski. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 044703.

Mexico: Vicente G Torres, 1848. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original wraps, mild wear, a few light stains internally. Details a convoluted property dispute during the US occupation of Mexico City. 47pp. Rare. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046752.

Genova: Gianni Bonacini, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. Slight rubbing to covers; just about fine in a slightly worn cardboard slipcase.Illustrated with tipped in wine labels throughout . Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 048101.

New York: Visionaire, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 23 individual sheets, - some folding, one a folding booklet attached to card stock (counted as one) - in a folding illustrated portfolio. Blank outer wrapper not present. Light wear to portfolio, fine internally. Scarce. 303 of 1000. Contributors: ADELINE ANDRÉBILL CUNNINGHAMBRUCE WEBERDAVID MCDONOUGHDOVANNA PAGOWSKAGREGORY PARKJAMES WHITEJOSÉ ARMAN-PITAJOSEF ASTORJUAN BOTASKARL HOLMQVISTKENNY SCHARFMATS GUSTAFSONMICHAEL CAPOTOSTORUBEN TOLEDORUVEN AFANADORSERGE LUTENSTODD OLDHAMCECILIA DEANSTEPHEN GAN Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 046713.

New York: Visionaire, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 1606 of 2500 in a leather handbag slipcase. Small tear to the paper wrapper enclosing the contents, otherwise fine. One of the harder to find issues, it reportedly sold out in just 3 weeks. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 046729.