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Deluxe manuscript fair copy on paper prepared for Emperor Francis I (title leaves on vellum) entitled “Catalogo Delle Produzioni Naturali che si conservano nella Galleria Imperiale di Firenze[.] Disteso nell’ Anno 1763. per Comando di Sua Maesta Cesarea partecipato da Sua Eccellenza il Sigr. Maresciallo Marchese Antoniotto Botta Adorno[.] Dall Dottr. Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti Decano del Collegio Medico di Firenze Professor Pubblico di Bottanica Prefetto della Bibliotreca Pub. Magliabechiana.” Written throughout, with the exception of the calligraphic titles, in one clear cursive hand in brown ink. Titles for each vol. written in black ink within elaborate calligraphic rococo framed border, elaborate imperial arms at top, one line of title in gold. 1 p.l. (title), 338 unnumbered leaves, 3 blank leaves; 1 p.l. (title), 123 unnumbered leaves, 3 blank leaves; 126 unnumbered leaves, one blank leaf. Three parts in two vols. Small folio (307 x 210 mm.), orig. red morocco, richly gilt, sides decorated with flo

Deluxe manuscript fair copy on paper prepared for Emperor Francis I (title leaves on vellum) entitled “Catalogo Delle Produzioni Naturali che si conservano nella Galleria Imperiale di Firenze[.] Disteso nell’ Anno 1763. per Comando di Sua Maesta Cesarea partecipato da Sua Eccellenza il Sigr. Maresciallo Marchese Antoniotto Botta Adorno[.] Dall Dottr. Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti Decano del Collegio Medico di Firenze Professor Pubblico di Bottanica Prefetto della Bibliotreca Pub. Magliabechiana.” Written throughout, with the exception of the calligraphic titles, in one clear cursive hand in brown ink. Titles for each vol. written in black ink within elaborate calligraphic rococo framed border, elaborate imperial arms at top, one line of title in gold. 1 p.l. (title), 338 unnumbered leaves, 3 blank leaves; 1 p.l. (title), 123 unnumbered leaves, 3 blank leaves; 126 unnumbered leaves, one blank leaf. Three parts in two vols. Small folio (307 x 210 mm.), orig. red morocco, richly gilt, sides decorated with flo by TARGIONI-TOZZETTI, Giovanni

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Deluxe manuscript fair copy on paper prepared for Emperor Francis I (title leaves on vellum) entitled “Catalogo Delle Produzioni Naturali che si conservano nella Galleria Imperiale di Firenze[.] Disteso nell’ Anno 1763. per Comando di Sua Maesta Cesarea partecipato da Sua Eccellenza il Sigr. Maresciallo Marchese Antoniotto Botta Adorno[.] Dall Dottr. Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti Decano del Collegio Medico di Firenze Professor Pubblico di Bottanica Prefetto della Bibliotreca Pub. Magliabechiana.” Written throughout, with the exception of the calligraphic titles, in one clear cursive hand in brown ink. Titles for each vol. written in black ink within elaborate calligraphic rococo framed border, elaborate imperial arms at top, one line of title in gold. 1 p.l. (title), 338 unnumbered leaves, 3 blank leaves; 1 p.l. (title), 123 unnumbered leaves, 3 blank leaves; 126 unnumbered leaves, one blank leaf. Three parts in two vols. Small folio (307 x 210 mm.), orig. red morocco, richly gilt, sides decorated with flo
Author
TARGIONI-TOZZETTI, Giovanni
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
[Florence: ca. 1763]. This handsome manuscript, prepared for presentation to Emperor Francis I (1708-65), Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, is a beautifully written contemporary fair copy of the original holograph manuscript now in the Museo Galileo (formerly the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence), compiled by Targioni-Tozzetti (1712-83), the great natural historian, librarian, director of Florence’s botanical garden, and professor of botany. He was, after Spallanzani, the most active Italian naturalist of the 18th century. Emperor Francis I, the husband of Maria Theresa, was well-known for his interests in the natural sciences and for assisting his wife in running the complicated Austrian dominions. The collections of natural history specimens in the “Specola” next to the Pitti Palace trace their origins to earlier Medicis and to Georg Eberhard Rumpf, who had sold a large collection of 360 shells to Cosimo III de’ Medici in 1682. The present catalogue was compiled at the instigation of Antoniotto Botta Adorno (1688-1774), prime minister of the Duchy of Tuscany. Thanks to Cosimo III’s other natural history acquisitions, by the middle of the 18th century, Florence could boast one of the greatest collections of shells, botanical, and mineralogical samples in Europe. In 1775, all the collections were gathered into the “Specola” at the instigation of Grand Duke Peter Leopold which was the only scientific museum or “Wunderkammer” of its kind specifically created for the public to view. The present catalogue, following Targioni-Tozzetti’s original manuscript, describes 3449 items, of which 2340 are zoological (mostly shells), 375 botanical, and 734 mineralogical and rock specimens. The preface to the catalogue describes the collections and their histories, their provenances including the Far East, etc. The main body of the catalogue is divided into three sections: zoological, botanical, and mineralogical samples. Each description is quite elaborate with full accounts of each specimen, references to other books, references to where other examples are illustrated, etc. Provenance: This manuscript entered the Apponyi family library in Oponice, Slovakia in the latter part of the 18th century and was sold in Prague in June 1939. ❧ Dance, Shell Collecting, an Illustrated History, pp. 56-57. D.S.B., XIII, pp. 257-58. Martelli, ed., Le Collezioni di Giorgio Everardo Rumpf acquistate dal Granduca Cosimo III de’ Medici, una Volta esistenti nel Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale di Firenze (1903).
THE FALL RIVER TRAGEDY.; A History of the Borden Murders. A plain statement of the material facts pertaining to the most famous crime of the century, including the story of the arrest and preliminary trial of Miss Lizzie A. Borden and a full report of the Superior Court trial, with a hitherto unpublished account of the renowned Trickey-McHenry affair compiled from official sources and profusely illustrated with original engravings

THE FALL RIVER TRAGEDY.; A History of the Borden Murders. A plain statement of the material facts pertaining to the most famous crime of the century, including the story of the arrest and preliminary trial of Miss Lizzie A. Borden and a full report of the Superior Court trial, with a hitherto unpublished account of the renowned Trickey-McHenry affair compiled from official sources and profusely illustrated with original engravings by Porter, Edwin

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THE FALL RIVER TRAGEDY.; A History of the Borden Murders. A plain statement of the material facts pertaining to the most famous crime of the century, including the story of the arrest and preliminary trial of Miss Lizzie A. Borden and a full report of the Superior Court trial, with a hitherto unpublished account of the renowned Trickey-McHenry affair compiled from official sources and profusely illustrated with original engravings
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Porter, Edwin
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
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Fall River: Geo. R.H. Buffinton, Pess J.D. Munroe, 1893. 312 pp. Very good with minor spotting to the last pages. A detailed account of the crime and trial. Howes, P-486; McDade 117.
The Baptist Catechism, or a Brief Instruction in the Principles of the Christian Religion; agreeably to the Confession of Faith

The Baptist Catechism, or a Brief Instruction in the Principles of the Christian Religion; agreeably to the Confession of Faith

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The Baptist Catechism, or a Brief Instruction in the Principles of the Christian Religion; agreeably to the Confession of Faith
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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Wilmington, [Delaware]: P. Brynberg, 1809. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 24mo. 36pp. Original unprinted flexible gray wrappers. Moderate wear, some foxing, slight erosion on the spine, very good or better.
Odoardo Borrani

Odoardo Borrani by Dini, Piero, ed

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Odoardo Borrani
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Dini, Piero, ed
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Borrani. X, 520 pp. monograph on the 19th-century Italian painter, including a fully illustrated descriptive catalogue of 617 attributed drawings and paintings, detailed biographical chronology, notes, bibliography, index, portrait frontispiece, ca. 135 additional illus. (45 full-page in color) from works and many documentary photographs. Large 4to. Cloth (spine shaken and reglued), d.j. Florence (Il Torchio) 1981. (I Maestri della Pittura Italiana dell'Ottocento). Borrani (1832-1905) worked for most of his life in Florence. Along with Telemaco Signorini and others, he became an important Italian plein-air painter, with an appealing style and sense of color.
Sacajawea

Sacajawea by Hebard, Grace Raymond

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Sacajawea
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Hebard, Grace Raymond
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Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 340pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. A fine, bright copy. Laid-in is a copy of a photograph of the author at the grave of Sacajawea. .
How We Got There From Here, Remembering the Days of Steamers, Trolleys & Model Ts in Maine

How We Got There From Here, Remembering the Days of Steamers, Trolleys & Model Ts in Maine by THORNDIKE, Virginia L.

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How We Got There From Here, Remembering the Days of Steamers, Trolleys & Model Ts in Maine
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THORNDIKE, Virginia L.
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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9780892724109
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Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 1997. First Printing. Stiff wraps. Fine. First printing. 4to; ix, [i], 134pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper; sepia tone illustrations and text; fine. ISBN: 0-89272-410-2. Recollections and stories from around the state of Maine by its residents. Photographic illustrations in sepia tones accompany the text.
Hemingway: The Toronto Years

Hemingway: The Toronto Years by Burrill, William

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Hemingway: The Toronto Years
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Burrill, William
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9780385254892
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Ontario: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($25.95). Quarter black cloth with dark grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first book to feature the previously unknown stories Hemingway wrote for the Toronto Star.
HOW BOOKS ARE MADE: A VISIT TO A PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HOUSE

HOW BOOKS ARE MADE: A VISIT TO A PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HOUSE

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HOW BOOKS ARE MADE: A VISIT TO A PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HOUSE
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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London, England: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1947. self paper wrappers. Thomas Nelson and Sons. 8vo. self paper wrappers. viii,31+(1) pages. Foreword, acknowledgment, table of contents. One color plate; black and white illustrations. Covers lightly soiled.

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