Local and New England histories

We have just acquired a number of 19th and 20th century local Massachusetts and New England histories. Featured above: GREENE, George Washington. A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1877. First edition. xxvi + [2] + 356 pp. + 1 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt, black and blind. Moderate shelfwear, corners bumped. Spine slightly frayed at heel and crown. Faint pencil to front flyleaf (coated brown endpapers). Tissue guard removed from frontispiece; title page partially detached at bottom edge. Interior clean and tight. Author's note (correction) tipped in after p. 287. B/w map in excellent condition. Very good. Offered at $250.00.

Also new in the shop: 19th century Massachusetts town histories of Boston, Essex, Lynnfield, Woburn, Lowell, Beverly, Medford, Dedham, Manchester, and Plymouth; Eastport, Maine; Warren, New Hampshire; New York City; and state histories of New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, to name a few. For more information, email us, or stop by to see the selection.

Architectural Cannibalism in Rome, 1744

We are pleased to offer the following, from a collection of vellum bound books (16th-18th centuries) which we have just acquired:

MARANGONI, Giovanni. DELLE COSE GENTILESCHI E PROFANE trasportate ad Uso, e Adornamento delle Chiese. [Of things pagan and secular for the use and decoration of churches]. Rome, Niccolo e Marco Pagliarini, 1744. Quarto. xx, 519pp. First edition. A study of the uses of ancient Roman architectural elements in the building of Christian churches. Tombstones, columns, altars, moldings etc. were often re-used in the walls and interiors. Marangoni was a pioneer in the cataloguing of these "spolia." With many typographical and woodcut depictions of inscriptions, one copper engraving and one large folding plate. Internally immaculate in vellum boards. 1/4
inch nicks to hinge ends, else fine. Offered at $850.00.

Watch our website for a list of these vellum bound books, coming soon; or inquire via email.