- 120
Armorial bindings.
Description
- A collection of 22 volumes, some presentation copies, including:
- Paper
Stöger, Johann N. Maximilian, Erzherzog von Oesterreich-Este, Hoch- und Deutschmeister. Ein Lebesbild. Vienna, 1865, 8vo, frontispiece portrait, blue morocco with gilt crest of Robert I, duke of Parma on upper cover, gilt edges, extremities slightly rubbed
Hervey-Saint-Denis, Marie Jean Léon, marquis d'. Histoire de la révolution dans les Deux-Siciles depuis 1793. Deuxième édition. Paris: Amyot, 1859, 8vo, red morocco gilt with ducal arms of Bourbon-Parma on covers, gilt edges, first few leaves slightly foxed
Trasmondo-Frangipani, Camillo, barone. Descrizione storico-artistica del R. Palazzo di Caprarola. Roma: Civiltà Cattolica, 1869, 8vo, folding view of Caprarola, red cloth gilt, arms of Bourbon-Parma on upper cover
with 17 others, together 22 volumes
Provenance
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Danyell de' Tassinari, Berto. Madama Elisabetta di Francia. Florence: Tipografia cooperativa, 1893, 8vo, original printed wrappers with painted and gilt vellum dust-jacket with arms of Bourbon-Parma and lined with yellow silk, presentation copy to the dedicatee, Robert I, duke of Parma
Rudolf, Alfréd. Maria Louisa, první knezna bulharská. Tábor, 1899, 8vo, illustrations, cream morocco gilt with central debossed panel and morocco onlays, green silk endpapers
Valencia de don Juan, Juan Bautista Crooke y Navarrot, conde de. Catálogo histórico-descriptivo de la Real Armeria de Madrid. Madrid: Hauser y Menet, 1898, 8vo, copy number 29 of 50 copies on japon, plates and illustrations, brown morocco with gilt royal arms of Spain on covers, top edge gilt
Petitot, Jean. Les émaux de Petitot du Musée Impérial du Louvre. Paris: Blaisot, 1862-1864, 2 volumes, 4to, plates, blue morocco gilt with ducal arms of Parma on covers, gilt edges, occasional light foxing
Kaiser Franz Joseph-Denkmals in Wien. Certificate for Elie, prince of Bourbon-Parma, dated 7 July 1936, folio, 1p. manuscript signed by various officials, with a portrait of Franz Joseph, white cloth with metal imperial cypher of Kaiser Franz Joseph I on upper cover, in folding box, box slightly worn
Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria. Tagebuch meiner Reise um die Erde 1892-1893. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, 1895-1896, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding maps, green cloth with small gilt crest of Franz Ferdinand on covers, red edges, extremities slightly rubbed
Croserio, Felix. Manuale omeopatico d'ostetricia. Piacenza: Francesco Solari, 1856, 8vo, burgundy morocco gilt, crowned crest with initials "M" and "P" on upper cover, gilt edges, head of upper cover slightly faded
Elizabeth II, Queen. The form and order of the service that is to be performed... in the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the Abbey Church of St Peter Westminster on Tuesday the second day of June 1953. [London, 1953], 8vo, printed in red and black, red cloth with royal arms stamped in gilt on upper cover
Elizabeth II, Queen. The ceremonial 2 June 1953. [London, 1953], cream wrappers stamped in gilt, upper cover soiled
Rivista araldica. Anno XI, n.11, novembre 1913. Rome, 1913, 8vo, blue cloth gilt with gilt fleur-de-lys with crown of dukes of Parma on upper cover, original printed wrappers bound in with presentation inscription from the author of an article (D. di Rivera) to Élie, prince of Bourbon-Parma, small stain to foot of lower cover
Normann-Friedenfels, Eduard von. Don Juan de Austria. Pula: Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1902, 8vo, plates and illustrations, blue cloth gilt with emblem of Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy on upper cover, endpapers with imperial arms of Austria, gilt edges
Parma. Programma della manovra campale che nell'Ottobre 1857 le Reali Truppe eseguiranno nel Comune di Felino. [Parma, 1857], oblong 4to, manuscript, 6pp., with folding lithographed map backed on linen, blue cloth with gilt fleur-de-lys with crown of dukes of Parma on upper cover
Drei, Giovanni. I Farnese. Grandezza e decadenza di una dinastia italiana. Rome: Libreria dello Stato, 1954, 4to, plates, blue morocco with arms of Pope Paul III [Farnese] gilt on covers, in folding box, binding and box foxed
Nolhac, Pierre de. La Dauphine Marie-Antoinette. Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie., [1896], 4to, plates, red morocco gilt with arms of Marie-Antoinette as Dauphine of France by Durvand, gilt edges
Nolhac, Pierre de. Louis XV et Marie Leczinska. Paris: Goupil & Cie., 1900, 4to, copy number 585 of 1,000 copies, plates, red morocco gilt with arms of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska by Durvand, gilt edges, original wrappers bound in
Bouchot, Henri. Catherine de Médicis. Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1899, 4to, copy number 24 of 1,000 copies, plates, burgundy morocco elaborately gilt with cypher of Catherine de Médicis, gilt edges (22)