Very Rare 16th C. Italian Aristocrats CHINQUEDA Short

Rare 16th-17th C. Massive Italian CHINQEDIA Dagger Short Sword, Used by Noblemen and Aristocrats, Powerful Broad Multi-fullered Blade, Very Nice Quality Carved Hard Wood Grip & Steel Mounts. Very Attr

28.5" overall length with 10.25" spike, 5.5" at widest point. Two short langlets, No maker's marks visible. **Overall gunmetal patination with some moderate oxidation and light pittin

Possibly Partly 16th Century.  The Blade Struck With An Armourer’s Mark. The stout wide double edged blade with pronounced central ridge struck with armourer’s mark at the forte. The hilt with ch

DELL ISTORIE DI GENOVA di mons. Uberto Foglietta ... libri XII, tradotte per M. Francesco Serdonati ... In Genova, Girolamo Bartoli, 1597 (colophon 1596) by Foglietta, Uberto (1518-1581) Size 7 3/4 by

Very Rare 15th-16th C. Italian Venetian SCHIAVONESCA Broad Sword, the Predecessor of Famous Basket Hilted Schiavone, with its Distinctive S-shaped Crossguard & Early Large Version of Cat's Head Pommel

Rare 16th C. Gothic German or Italian PARTIZAN Polearm with Engraved Sword Shaped Head & Very Old Full Length Haft, Possibly Original to the Head. Total length : 91", Head : 5 1/2" Wide & 32 1/4" Long

Rare and Fine 15th-16th C. Italian FALCHION Sword with Massive Broad Blade, Very Well Marked and Inscribed to Both Sides. An Exceptionally Strong and Combat-worthy Blade with Fantastic Raised False Ed

Rare 15th-16th C. German or Italian SALLET Helmet with a Struck Maker's Mark and Riveted Inner Lining Fixtures. Rolled Edges and a Very Nice and Seldom Encountered Triple-ridged Crown Rib.

Rare 16th-17th C. Spanish or Italian CABASETTE Morion Helmet. Of the type most commonly attributed to Spanish Conquistadors, a good early example, well forged of strong heavy steel, with turned rim an

Rare Pattern 16th-17th C. French or Italian 4-Ring Swept-hilt Rapier Sword with Original Carved Blackwood Grip and Large Hexagonal Pommel. A Very Good Early and Seldom Encountered Example.Full Length

Homer. Dell'Iliade D'HOMERO libro dodeci. Translated by Bernardino Leo da Piperno. Rome, Bartolomeo Toso bresciano, 1573 2 leaves, 305 pages, 1 leaf Size 3 1/4 by 5 3/4" Vellum bound, with gold emboss

(Italian,16th century) A rare, walnut double tabernacle mirror frame with gilt, polychromed and applied carving decoration; caulicus and ribbon decorated antependium beneath stencilled panels, applied

1716 Palladio Architecture First Book of Five Orders Illustrated Art Vignola Andrea Palladio was a 16th-century Italian architect who was influenced strongly by the Greek and Roman architectures of Vi

1822 1ed Alice Wonderland Influence RARE World Upside Down Porta Salviati ART Giuseppe Porta was a 16th-century Italian painter whose artwork is beautifully represented in this 1822 work ‘Il Mondo R

1734 1ed FAMED Nizolius CICERO Lexicon Ciceronianum Latin Rhetoric Rome FOLIO Marius Nizolius was a 16th-century Italian humanist who focused his studies on grammar and Italian rhetoric. He is best re

1532 1ed Italian Renaissance Luigi Alamanni Poetry Mythology Narcissus Sonnet Latin Luigi Alamanni was a 16th-century Italian poet, and, to some, considered the greatest Italian poet for centuries bas

1588 1ed Italian Renaissance BEAUTY & Philosophy Francesco Vieri Petrarch Destiny Francesco de Vieri was a 16th-century Italian writer known for his studies in philosophy and logic. One of his best wo

1637 FINE Binding Works of Torsellino Historiarum Libri X Thomas Jefferson Orazio Torsellino was a 16th-century Italian Jesuit historian known for his abundance of letters and books. He wrote on the h

1564 Italian Renaissance Literature Girolamo Parabosco I Diporti Feminism Venice Girolamo Parabosco was a 16th-century Italian poet known largely for his work ‘I Diporti’. While he did wrote a num

1574 Bible Sermons Italian Monk Gabriele Buratelli Saint Augustine Order Venice Gabriele Buratelli was a rather unknown 16th-century Italian preacher, a hermit of the order of Saint Augustine. This co

1614 Giovanni Botero Memorabili Ambrose Aquinas Thomas More Popes Italian Giovanni Botero was a 16th-century Italian scholar who wrote on politics, theology, and philosophy. His works were important t

1603 EMBLEM WOODCUTS of Gabriele Inchino Italian Catholic Monastics Attributes of God Gabriele Inchino was a 16th-century Italian preacher and theological writer known for his sermons and books on tea

1822 Benvenuto Cellini FAMOUS Memoirs Autobiography Supernatural Visions Demons Benvenuto Cellini was a 16th-century Italian scholar who is most famous for his autobiography. This book gives a detaile

1698 Ripa Iconologia Illustrated Emblem Art Egypt ROME Baudoin Provenance RARE One of the most influential collections of emblems! Cesare Rip was a 16th-century Italian emblematist known exclusively f