THE ART OF FLORENCE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Glenn M. Andres; John M. Hunisak; A. Richard Turner.
Stock no. 1830758
Published by Artabras. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Two volumes. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Superb colour photos and numerous b/w illustrations. 1312 pages in total. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier and may incur extra shipping costs. ISBN: 9780896601116. Spines slightly faded else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded to rear vertical open edge.

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ITALIAN JOURNEY 1786-1788
Written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; W.H. Auden; Elizabeth Mayer.
Stock no. 1830752
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Translated and introduced by W.H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer. Black cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial paper boards depicting the Colosseum. Colour illustrations. Top edge gilt. xxiii and 512 pages including index. Very minor discolouration to text block else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some very light scuffing.

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ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1830206
Published by Folio Society. 1998. Almost very good condition.

Three volume set: Venice; Florence; and Rome. Bound in full moire silk with gilt titles to spine and vignettes to front. Colour & b/w photos. Second printing. Spines have faded (fairly normal for this set). Center section of first set of coloured plates in 'Rome' has not been bound in and so is loosely contained but present, lower front corner is bumped in correlation with the slipcase. Contents of all three volumes are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little bashed to lower end (and thus 'Rome' is bumped to one lower corner) with wear to short side.

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AT THE COURT OF THE BORGIA
Written by Johann Burchard; Geoffrey Parker.
Stock no. 1830192
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition.

Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI written by his Master of Ceremonies Johann Burchard, edited and translated by Geoffrey Parker. Brown decorated cloth. Gilt title and decorations to spine and front board. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 245 pages including index. Spine lightly faded (slight). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is grubby and worn (being white in colour) and has small neat previous owner's name in ink to one side at horizontal edge.

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ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1829357
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Very good condition.

Three volume set: Venice; Florence; and Rome. Bound in full moire silk with gilt titles to spine and vignettes to front. Colour & b/w photos. Spines are very lightly browned else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split to either side of top but still firm, also worn to top & tail of spine, a few scuff marks (VG-).

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VENICE AND ITS LAGOON
Written by Giulio Lorenzetti.
Stock no. 1827118
Published by Edizioni Lint Trieste. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint from the 1961 edition. Small format. Cream cloth boards, blue titles and black illustration to front. B/w photos. Folding maps. Text block a little grubby. Tiny crease to tip of top corners, light diagonal crease to top corner of prelims. Else a clean copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a biro mark crossing out to rear panel (price?).

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THE WORLD OF THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE ARTIST
Written by Martin Wackernagel; Alison Luchs.
Stock no. 1824405
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Projects and Patrons, Workshop and Art Market. A pioneering study of Florentine art that renconstructed its physical, social, economic, and cultural context from about 1420 to 1530. Translated by Alison Luchs. Blue cloth boards, Light blue title block and white title to spine. A clean copy in blue dustwrapper which is faded at spine, rubbed at edges and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP OF MATILDA OF CANOSSA 1046-1115
Written by David J. Hay.
Stock no. 1823482
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gender in History series. An account of the entire 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, it explains how one famous noblewoman rose to the defence of the reforming papacy, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor and turned the tide of the first great war between Church and state. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780719073588.

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MERCENARIES AND THEIR MASTERS: WARFARE IN RENAISSANCE ITALY
Written by Michael Mallett.
Stock no. 1822242
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Concentrating mainly on fifteenth century, a period when standing armies emerged in Italy and when the 'modern' trends were just as discernible here as elsewhere in Europe. Also looking back to the middle ages and the fourteenth century and then forward to the Italian Wars (1494-1530) when foreign armies disputed the European balance of power on Italian soil. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370105028. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Top edge of text block lightly faded. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is browned to spine and top edge, slightly grubby.

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THE CULT OF THE DUCE: MUSSOLINI AND THE ITALIANS
Written by Stephen Gundle; Christopher Duggan; Giuliana Pieri.
Stock no. 1818767
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Exploring systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The factors which informed the cult and its many manifestations in the visual arts, architecture, political spectacle and the media. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780719088964. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents fine.

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THE BATTLE OF MARENGO
Written by David Hollins.
Stock no. 1604263
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. The Battle of Marengo 1800 firmly secured Napoleon's position as First Consul. ISBN: 1841761176.

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THE ART OF FLORENCE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Glenn M. Andres; John M. Hunisak; A. Richard Turner.
Stock no. 588775
Published by Artabras. Circa 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Two volumes. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Superb colour photos and numerous b/w illustrations. 1312 pages in total. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier and may incur extra shipping costs. ISBN: 9780896601116. 3rd printing. In near fine superb pictorial slipcase which has small chip to spine.

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