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Recent Rare Book Acquisitions

Books displayed here were acquired from October 2012 through February 2013. Click on a slide to see a larger image and title information.

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Johann Caspar Lavater, 1741–1801
Physiognomische Fragmente, zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniss und Menschenliebe
J. Paul Getty Fund in honor of Franklin D. Murphy
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Domenico Gamberti, 1627–1700
Idea di vn prencipe et eroe christiano in Francesco I. d'Este di Modona e Reggio dvca VIII
J. Paul Getty Fund in honor of Franklin D. Murphy
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Andreas Cirino, 1618–1664
Feste celebrate in Napoli per la nascita del Serenis.mo prencipe di Spagna, nostro signore
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Christoph Weigel, 1654–1725
Abbildung der gemein-nützlichen Haupt-Stände von denen Regenten…
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Jost Amman, 1539–1591
Kunstbüchlin: darinnen neben Fürbildung vieler, geistlicher vnnd weltlicher…
J. Paul Getty Fund in honor of Franklin D. Murphy
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Martino Bassi, 1542–1591
Dispareri in materia d'architettvra, et perspettiva
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Benedetto Morello
Fvnerale d'Agostin Carraccio: fatto in Bologna sva patria da gl'Incaminati academici del disegno…
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Richard Ford, 1796–1858
Twelve Etchings, after Drawings and Engravings by Parmigianino and Andrea Meldolla…
Gift of Tom O'Callaghan
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Hendrik Hondius, b. 1573
Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipue Germaniae inferioris, effigies, pars I[-III]
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Ottonelli, Giovanni Domenico, 1584–
Trattato della pittvra, e scvltvra, vso, et abvso loro
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Sgambati, Reginaldo, d. 1648
Pennello eloqvente: avviso del signor Grandelio Scambati per l'Endimione di Salvatore Rosa
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Carlo Giuseppe Ratti, 1737–1795
Istruzione di quanto può vedersi di più bello in Genova in pittura, scultura ed architettura, ecc.
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Epitome vitæ et miracvlorvm S. Francisci emblematis, locis sacræ Scripturæ, et carmine expressa
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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Francesco de Vieri, act. 1547–1590
Discorsi di M. Francesco de' Vieri, detto il Verino secondo, cittadino fiorentino
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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F. (Frédéric-Auguste-Antoine) Goupil, b. 1817
Manuel général du modelage en bas-relief et ronde-bosse, du moulage et de la sculpture
Gift of Robert L. Feller and Ruth M. Feller
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Perspicuous Precepts and Examples on the Philosophy of Light and Shade
Gift of Robert L. Feller and Ruth M. Feller
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Baldassarre Orsini, 1732–1810
Antologia dell'arte pittorica
David K. E. Bruce Fund
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M. E. (Michel Eugène) Chevreul, 1786–1889
Théorie des effets optiques que présentent les étoffes de soie
David K. E. Bruce Fund

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