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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.
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.”
BRB0981
Illustrated with thirteen masterful woodcuts, this vernacular Italian retelling of Christ's Passion was composed by a disciple of St. Catherine of Siena. The text, written in ottava rima (with an "abababcc" rhyme scheme), was performed as a sacra…
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…
Prothro B-122
First edition of Italian Bible translated from the Hebrew and Greek. This translation is still the basis for Bibles used by Italian Protestants today.
Prothro B-122
First Italian Protestant translation from Hebrew and Greek. It was widely used by Italian Protestants well into the twentieth century.
AFC 3154 -
Laudes Creaturarum
This publication offers a contrast of carefully set type and broad gestural strokes
Stackpole example
Traditional-style full leather binding with tight joints and tight back, covered in natural (undyed) Niger goatskin over sculpted boards; upper and lower boards with onlays of multiple leathers embossed with linoleum cuts and with blind, gold, 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.
BRB0325 - title
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…
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…
BRB0325 - tav 3
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…
BRB0325 - tav 12
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…
AER1212
This goatskin binding has a circular cameo of the Pietà.
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…
10118 -
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.
BRB0392
Reprint of etchings of biblical frescoes illustrated by Raphael. In this edition, human forms of God have been replaced by the name of God in Hebrew.
06146
Small folio edition of the Italian translation of the Bible by Niccolò Malermi (c. 1422–1481) including woodcut illustrations.
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).
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…
BRB1175
This otherwise unrecorded broadside presents a diagrammatic view of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, the road by which Christ was led to his Crucifixion. The image was created by a Franciscan friar in order to arouse the devout interest of the…
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.
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.
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