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ARAMBURU de la Cruz, Dr. Don Manuel Vincente. Historia Chronológica de la Santa Angélica, y Apostólica Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de la Ciudad de Zaragoza, y de los Progressos de Sus Reedificaciones. Zaragoza, En la Imprenta del Rey Nuestro Señor, 1766.
Very rare and sole edition of this work documenting the history, architecture, and festivals of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pilar, the largest Baroque church in Spain.
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The Doges Of Venice
As Seen In Their Portraits
In The Palazzo Dogale
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BARDI, Girolamo. Dichiaratione di tutte le Istorie, che si sontengenono nei Quadri posti novamente nelle Sale dello Scrutinio, & del Gran Consiglio, del Palagio Ducale. Venice, F. Valgrigio, 1587.
First edition of this potted version of Venetian history as seen through the portraits and other paintings hanging in or decorating some of the public rooms of the Palazzo Dogale after the fire of 1577, of art historical interest for the disposition of numerous famous Venetian paintings during the 16th century.
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BOTANY WITHOUT BORDERS
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BELON, Pierre / CLUSIUS, Charles. . De neglecta Stirpium cultura. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1589.
Rare first Latin edition of Belon's Les remonstrances sur le defaut du labour et culture des plantes (1558), as translated by Charles Clusius, a defense of the propagation of foreign trees and other plants in France.
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“Which Is the Best Wine”- BOCK
First Edition of Bock on Gastronomy and Alchemy
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BOCK, Hieronymus. Teutsche Speiszkammer: inn welcher du findest was gesunden vnnd kranken Menschen zur Leibs narung vnd desselben gepresten von nöten. . Strassburg, Wendel Rihel, 1550.
Very rare first edition of the botanist Hieronymus Bock’s gastronomic treatise, Teutsche Speizkammer, or German Larder, a theme the author asserts has never before been treated in German.
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"Copernicus First Scientific Work'
- Gingerich
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COPERNICUS, Nicolaus. De Lateribus et angulis Triangulorum, tum planorum rectilineorum tum Sphaericorum, libellus eruditissimus & utilissimus, cum ad plerasque Ptolemaei demonstrationes intelligendas, tam vero ad alia multa... Wittenberg, Johannes Lufft, 1542.
Rare first edition of Copernicus' first scientific work, containing the first appearance of any part of the text of De Revolutionibus as well as Rheticus first published trigonometric tables.
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