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This weekend in Milan

This weekend in Milan

Enjoy a wonderful book and culture fair and preview the exciting upcoming exhibition on the Italian book this Saturday and Sunday at Milan’s Salone della cultura

Julia StimacJanuary 15, 2020

Updating Ptolemy

Updating Ptolemy

15th Century, 16th Century, Travel & GeographyMargherita PalumboJanuary 8, 2020travel, geography, cosmography, cartography, atlas, 15th Century, 16th Century

Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild’s Art and Souvenirs of Italy

Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild’s Art and Souvenirs of Italy

19th Century, Great Provenance, Illustrated Books, Prints, Art & ArchitectureJulia StimacDecember 10, 2019great provenance, illustrated books, Art and Architecture, Art, Art History

Bring on the festivities!

Bring on the festivities!

17th Century, 18th Century, Games and Play, Astronomy & Astrology Margherita Palumbo and Julia StimacNovember 27, 2019Festival Books, illustrated books, illustrated books and prints, illustrations, Art and Architecture

Printed for a King, Gifted to a Prince: Albert of Sachsen-Teschen’s copy of the Antichità di Ercolano

Printed for a King, Gifted to a Prince: Albert of Sachsen-Teschen’s copy of the Antichità di Ercolano

Illustrated Books, Prints, Bindings, Great Provenance, 18th CenturyMargherita PalumboNovember 20, 2019bindings, provenance, illustrated books and prints, 18th Century

Pablo Picasso and Max Jacob

Pablo Picasso and Max Jacob

20th Century, Great Provenance, Literature, Illustrated Books, Prints, Art & ArchitectureJulia StimacNovember 13, 2019Picasso, 20th Century, Art and Architecture, Art History, Art, Great Provenance

Homage to Tammaro De Marinis

Homage to Tammaro De Marinis

Book SellersMargherita PalumboNovember 6, 2019Book-Sellers

A typographical monument over the centuries

A typographical monument over the centuries

15th Century, History of Printing, Illustrated Books, Incunables, Literature, Great ProvenanceMargherita PalumboOctober 30, 2019incunables, great provenance

Picasso and Les Saltimbanques

Picasso and Les Saltimbanques

20th Century, Great Provenance, Prints, Art & ArchitectureJulia StimacOctober 23, 2019events, Picasso, Art History, Art and Architecture, Art, 20th Century

Picasso: Les livres d'artiste | The collection of Mr. A ***

Picasso: Les livres d'artiste | The collection of Mr. A ***

Julia StimacOctober 14, 2019

The Times They Are A Changin’ in the Rare Book Trade

The Times They Are A Changin’ in the Rare Book Trade

Book Sellers, CataloguesUmberto PregliascoOctober 2, 2019Book-Sellers, catalogues

Our new catalogue is here!

Our new catalogue is here!

CataloguesJulia StimacSeptember 25, 2019catalogues

Announcing our forthcoming catalogue, Books on the Run!

Announcing our forthcoming catalogue, Books on the Run!

Margherita PalumboSeptember 18, 2019

Tzara and Picasso: A Modernist Take on the Historic Volvelle

Tzara and Picasso: A Modernist Take on the Historic Volvelle

20th Century, Illustrated Books, Prints, Literature, Art & ArchitectureJulia StimacSeptember 11, 2019Picasso, Literature, Art History, Art and Architecture, illustrated books and prints, 20th Century

Volvelles, what a passion!

Volvelles, what a passion!

15th Century, 16th Century, Illustrated Books, Incunables, History of Printing, Science, Prints, Philosophy, Astronomy & AstrologyMargherita PalumboSeptember 4, 2019incunables, manuscripts, science, volvelles, illustrations, illustrated books and prints, diagra, 15th Century, 16th Century

A unique souvenir from Venice

A unique souvenir from Venice

Illustrated Books, ManuscriptsMargherita PalumboAugust 28, 2019manuscripts, textiles, costume, Venice, Commedia del'Arte

Early Pictorial Paper Bindings

Early Pictorial Paper Bindings

Illustrated Books, PrintsMargherita PalumboAugust 14, 2019woodcuts, illustrated books and prints

The cover of our Italian Books catalogue series: A masterpiece of early Venetian woodcut borders

The cover of our Italian Books catalogue series: A masterpiece of early Venetian woodcut borders

Illustrated Books, 15th Century, History of Printing, Incunables, Catalogues, Art & ArchitectureMargherita PalumboAugust 7, 2019illustrated books and prints, woodcuts, 15th century, Art and Architecture, Art History, Literature, Catalogues

Happy Birthday, Herman Melville!

Happy Birthday, Herman Melville!

Julia StimacAugust 1, 2019

“It is better to have a retouched painting than to no longer have the painting at all”: Pino’s history of Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper’

“It is better to have a retouched painting than to no longer have the painting at all”: Pino’s history of Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper’

15th Century, 18th Century, Art & ArchitectureMargherita PalumboJuly 31, 201918th Century, Art and Architecture, Art, Art History