Rare Book of Charleston Renaissance Interest

Very rare, early MDLIIII (1554) Il Pecorone by Giovanni Fiorentino renaissance example with unique of the period original oil painting on the frontispiece and verso on hard wood boards with early leat

Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings From Spiro written by by Phillips, Philip, James A Brown (With the collaboration of Eliza McFadden, | Jan 1, 1982 ) Printed by Peabody Museum Press. The six volume set i

1552 Italian Renaissance Courtier Book Baldassare Castiglione Courtesan Venice “Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. Just as with trees the beauty of the blossom testifies the goodne

1871 Practical Poultry Book Chicken Breeding Ducks Farming Turkeys Illustrated In the second half of the 19th-century, there was an increased interest in domesticating poultry in America. A number of

1909 Light On Renaissance Freemasons Watermark SECRETS Masonic Symbols Harold Bayley’s book ‘A New Light on the Renaissance’ is a history of the renaissance suggesting the watermarks in paper fr

]1876 EXQUISITE Lacroix Middle Ages History Medieval Joan of Arc Illustrated A fine example of Paul Lacroix’s “Military and Religious life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance”. This book, which w

1780-83 Revolutionary WAR Accounts Siege of Charleston George Washington America This, a most valuable record and chronicle of historical and political events for over a hundred years contains accurat

1780 1ed Revolutionary WAR Accounts Siege of Charleston & Camden Cornwallis “This, a most valuable record and chronicle of historical and political events for over a hundred years contains accur

1568 Latin Proverbs & Famous Saying Sententiae Loci Communes Renaissance Woodcuts A rare 16th-century printing of Latin proverbial sentences – “Sententiae sive loci communes”. Published in C

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

1570 ENORMOUS Dictionary Calepino Italian Renaissance Latin Language Lexicon Ambrogio Calepino was a 15th-century Italian lexicographer who is remembered only by his Latin dictionary. This 1570 Latin

1771 Essays of Montaigne French Renaissance Philosophy Humanism Coste French 8v First published in 1580, the Essays of Michel de Montaigne were a collection of essays and writings on a variety of topi

1803 Italian Renaissance History of ITALY Guicciardini Medici Politics Venice 5v Francesco Guicciardini was an early 15th-century Italian historian known for his masterpiece The History of Italy. This

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

This detailed map is from Jacques-Nicolas Bellin's Le Petit Atlas Maritime.... This first edition work was published in Paris by Bellin in 1764. The atlas had included plenty of new material as well a

1570 Copia of Erasmus of Rotterdam Renaissance RHETORIC Speech Writing Gryphium “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” ― Erasmus The ‘Du

1848 Incidents in YUCATAN Mayan Ruins Illustrated Mexico Uxmal MAP Mesoamerica John L Stephens was one of the first American explorers to rediscover the Maya civilization and take a special interest i

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

1549 1st ed Italian Renaissance Carmina Poetry Flaminio Pietro Bembo Castiglione ‘Carmina’ is an important 16th-century collection of Renaissance, Neo-Latin poetry. First published in 1548 by Vinc

1876 1st ed Life of Lorenzo Medici Renaissance Florence Italy Politics Reumont Lorenzo de Medici was one of the most important and recognizable 15th-century Italian politicians ruling over the Florent

1779 Essays of Michel Montaigne French Renaissance Philosophy Humanism French First published in 1580, the Essays of Michel de Montaigne were a collection of essays and writings on a variety of topics

1797 Machiavelli Works Early AMERICAN ed ROME Papal Court Pisa Guicciardini Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most important figures in 15th- and early 16th-century Renaissance philosophy. His works h

1823 Machiavelli Works The PRINCE Florentine Medici Art of War French Peries 12v Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most important figures in 15th- and early 16th-century Renaissance philosophy. His wo

1684 1ed RARE Numismatics Coins Nummi Antiqui Dictionary Greek Jesuit Hardouin Jean Hardouin was a 17th-century French Jesuit scholar who, in 1684, took up an interest in numismatics. His first of fou