Venice: Remondini, 1761. First edition, first issue, a very fine copy, of “one of the most important [works] in the history of medicine” (Garrison & Morton). “After Antonio Benivieni (1443-1502), Giovanni Battista Morgagni is considered the founder of pathological anatomy. His ‘De sedibus’, regarded as one of the most important..... More
Item #5608

Cologne [Paris]: Pierre de la Vallée, [1656-]1657; 1659. First edition, and a beautiful copy, of Pascal’s 18 Provincial letters, bound with two extremely rare works relating to Pascal. “The Lettres Provinciales, as they are called, are the first example of French prose as we know it today, perfectly finished in..... More
Item #3426

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer, July 12, 1493. First edition, and a remarkable wide-margined complete copy, preserved in its original binding bearing the city of Vienna’s coat of arms, of the first illustrated encyclopedia. Published in 1493, at the dawn of the discovery period, in Nuremberg by Europe’s largest..... More
Item #5643

Como: Gottardo da Ponte for Agostino Gallo and Aloisio Pirovano, 1521. First edition in the vernacular, and a superb large copy untouched in its first binding, of one of the finest illustrated books of the Italian Renaissance. “This handbook on classical architecture is the only Roman work inspired by Greek..... More
Item #5374