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Seven Saxon Poems
Embossed seals and sculptural reliefs on the binding and case designed by Arnoldo Pomodoro. Verona, Italy: Plain Wrapper Press, 1974. Signed by the author and the sculptor below the colophon. Numbered 56 in an edition of one hundred twenty.
AFC 3154 -
Laudes Creaturarum
This publication offers a contrast of carefully set type and broad gestural strokes
06146
Small folio edition of the Italian translation of the Bible by Niccolò Malermi (c. 1422–1481) including woodcut illustrations.
06585
In one of his principal works, the Compendio di revelatione, Savonarola claimed that his apocalyptic revelations were God's call for the reform of the Church and the Florentine public.
07041
Among the first women known to have been directly involved in the production of printed books were the Dominican nuns at the Convent of San Jacopo di Ripoli in Florence. The exhibited book, the first vernacular edition of this early Latin biography…
17615
A genuine binding by Icilio Federico Joni, who was known for his forgeries. This binding wasn't intended as a forgery. Binding is inspired by Alessandro Piccolomini.
30847
In this collection of forty-seven sermons on the Book of Job, a censor marked the beginning of Sermon 14 as "proibita" ("prohibited") in brown ink, and the bottom right corner of the first leaf of the sermon was torn away. It was later repaired, with…
30854
In this copy of Savonarola's sermons on the Book of Ezechiel, the three prohibited sermons in this collection were left undisturbed but a later note states that Sermons 21, 32, and 40 were cited in the Index librorum prohibitorum. The woodcut on the…
30855
The title page of this edition of Savonarola's Lenten sermons on the prophecies of Amos bears a woodcut depicting the author's public execution. While the assembled men and women look to his empty pulpit, the martyr, engulfed in flames, holds aloft a…
30858
Eight of the twenty-six sermons on Exodus in this edition (numbered 1-3, 6, 10, 12, 20, and 23) are marked "questa e prohibita" ("this is prohibited").
30860
In Bridwell Library's copy of Savonarola's sermons on the Books of Ruth and Micah, Sermon 7 on the third chapter of Ruth was censored by the removal of twelve leaves (folios 82-93). Only the beginning and the very end of the sermon remain.
30874
This sermon by Savonarola, never prohibited by the Index, was inscribed by an early owner "Si puo leggere senza scrupolo" ("You may read this without scruple").
30891
A censor tore ten leaves from this collection of Savonarola's sermons, removing the prohibited third sermon entitled "Ecce gladius Domini" ("Behold the Sword of God"), which had alarmed church officials with its apocalyptic warnings. Several other…
AER1212
This goatskin binding has a circular cameo of the Pietà.
AER4308
A chivalric romance based on Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1534). Written by famous poet and writer Laura Terracina.
AER4418
A heroic poem on the theme of the biblical King David. Dedicated to Maria Maddalena de' Medici, the Archduchess of Austria and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, the poem also included flattering allusions to contemporary Florentine nobles.
AEW1008
Parallel Latin and Italian with notes in Italian and includes indexes. Included is a lithographic illustration of Samuel and Eli done by American John Singleton Copley (1738–1815).
AEY8119
The more complete removal of the same prohibited sermon on Ruth in this earlier edition had drastic consequences for the physical book as a whole. When the censor cut out all seven leaves of Sermon 7, he also removed the ending of Sermon 6 and the…
AFD4633/B
The title and the epigrams are translated into Italian while the text above the images remains in Latin., The Old Woman, The Astrologer, Extra illustrated with three woodcuts from unidentified edition (ca. 16th century) of Imagines or Icones mortis…
AFH9023
This biography presents Suor Domenica da Paradiso as a model for monastic behavior in order to promote her case for saintly canonization. The book's engraved frontispiece offers a lively (albeit imaginary) portrayal of this monastic founder and…
BRA0851
One of the most significant books in the history of science. Galileo's proof of the Copernican cosmology resulted in his censure and imprisonment in 1633.
BRA0851
Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican" remains one of the most significant books in the history of science. Controversy arose over Galileo's proof of the Copernican cosmology, which placed the sun, not…
BRA0924
This Italian edition, the original text is attributed to Gerson. The woodcut on the titlepage shows Christ reaching out to a believer.
BRA2195
Suor Isabella Piccini engraved this portrayal of St. Teresa of Ávila in 1720, when the plate was used as the frontispiece for the first edition of the saint’s “Spiritual Advice.”
BRB0325 - portrait
Engraved, illustrated t.p., frontispiece portrait and 38 numbered plates with explanatory text; engraved throughout by Giuseppe Filosi after Giacomo Tanaglia. Enlarged borders with decorations in red ink (black ink on frontispiece). Two designs: one…
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