[PISA] GRASSI, Ranieri (nineteenth century). Rappresentazione degli edifizj piÃ¹…

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[PISA] GRASSI, Ranieri (nineteenth century). Rappresentazione degli edifizj piÃ¹ cospicui di Pisa. Pisa: Prosperi, 1834. Beautiful collection of plates depicting the monuments of Pisa. Oblong 8vo, (210 x 280 mm). 13 engraved plates, printed legend at end. Nineteenth-century half calf, gilt title-piece to spine, lettering-piece to boards with initials (some light wear). (1)

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[PISA] GRASSI, Ranieri (nineteenth century). Rappresentazion

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Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as Assistant Secretary of the Navy TLS as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, Navy Department letterhead, July 1, 1897. Quick letter to writer Henry Mellen Prentiss, in full: “I thank you very much for your book. I shall read it with great interest.” In fine condition. Accompanied by Prentiss's calling card and the original mailing envelope, addressed in a secretarial hand. Henry Mellen Prentiss was born July 20, 1840, in Bangor, Maine. He graduated from Harvard University in 1864. On the completion of his studies, he became the manager of his father's extensive estate, directing operations on the vast tracts of timber land owned by his father in Maine and Pennsylvania. Prentiss became an important figure in American interests and a recognized authority on everything relating to Arctic exploration. Henry Mellen wrote extensively on science, with an interest in Arctic exploration. His stories appeared in the Westminster Review, Nineteenth Century magazine, and the New York Herald. The book sent to Roosevelt was undoubtedly his 1897 work, ‘The Great Polar Current,’ which won critical acclaim.

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Italy - GRASSI (Ranieri). Le Fabbriche principali di Pisa ed alcune vedute della stessa città. [continued]: Le tre porte della facciata dell'insigne primaziale Pisana. Pisa, Ranieri Prosperi, 1831. 2 works in 1 in-folio volume, blond Russian half-leather, smooth spine decorated. The illustration consists of a plan of Pisa and 24 plates of views, some with several subjects, engraved by Ranieri Grassi after his own drawings and those of Francesco Giuliani, E. Gresy and G. L. Taylor, as well as 3 plates drawn and line-engraved by G. Rossi reproducing the bronze doors of Pisa Cathedral. A fine copy, with some scattered foxing in the margins of a few plates.

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ROGISSART, Alexandre; de. Les Délices de l'Italie, contenant une description exacte du Pais, des principales villes, de toutes les Antiquitez, et de toutes les raretez qui s'y trouvent. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1707 4 Volumes in small 8vo; 155x95 mm. Coeval binding in marbled brown bazzana, sinewy spine with gold friezes. Tome I: Antiporta, pages (16), 334, (2), 39 plates. Tome II: Antiporta, pages (4), 359, 20 plates. Tome III: Antiporta, pages (2), 302, 49 plates. Tome IV: Antiporta, pages (4), 266, 45 plates.Total of 4 Antiparts and 153 plates outside text, 69 of which are folded, all copper-engraved. Defects to bindings, internally good condition. Beautifully illustrated edition of this important guide to Italy. The work, accompanied by an impressive iconographic apparatus, is one of the best travel books published in the 18th century. The plates, most of them folded, depict city plans, perspective views, monuments, church interiors, and party scenes. Prominent among the monuments are those of ancient Rome; among the descriptions of festivals, those depicting naval games are particularly scenic. The two folded maps, placed at the beginning of the first volume, cover ancient and modern Italy. Presence of maps of Trent, Venice (in 2 plates), Padua (in two plates), Ferrara, Bologna, Siena, Ancona, Rome, Frascati, Naples, Pisa, Lucca, Genoa, Pavia, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Verona, Milan. See Fiammetta Olschki (575), D'Ancona p. 123, Cremonini 65. 4 Volumes in smallo 8vo; 155x95 mm. Contemporary marbled sheepskin binding, gilt ribs spine. Volume I: Frontispiece, pages (16), 334, (2), 39 plates. Volume II: Frontispiece, pages (2), 359, 20 plates. Volume III: Frontispiece, pages (4), 302, 49 plates. Volume IV: Frontispiece, pages (4), 266, 28, 45 plates. In total 4 Frontispieces and 153 plates, of which 69 folded, all engraved in copper. Defects on the bindings, internally in good condition. Beautiful, enlarged and corrected illustrated edition of this important guide to Italy. The work, accompanied by an impressive iconographic apparatus, is one of the best travel books published in the eighteenth century. The plates, most of which folded, depict city plans, perspective views, monuments, church interiors, party scenes. Among the monuments those of ancient Rome stand out; among the descriptions of feasts, those depicting naval games are particularly spectacular. The two folded geographical maps, placed at the beginning of the first volume, concern ancient Italy and modern Italy. Presence of maps of Trento, Venice (in 2 copies), Padua (in two copies), Ferrara, Bologna, Siena, Ancona, Rome, Frascati, Naples, Pisa, Lucca, Genoa, Pavia, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Verona, Milan.

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