1785. Two vols., 12mo. xxiv, 422, [2]; [2], 400, [2] pp. Both vols. uncut, vol. II partially unopened. Contemporary "temporary" binding of patterned paper over flexible boards, all-over decoration of green and pink leaves, traces of original paper labels on spines lettered in MS, inside all 4 covers are printed..... More
Vienna: 1842. First Edition. 8vo. (200 x 130 mm). 88 pp. + 1 folding letterpress table recording donations. Original blue printed wrappers. With a 14-page letter on German Catholic immigrants to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and provincial Pennsylvania. In this unassuming and almost completely unknown journal are many communications from Catholic missionaries..... More
Venice: Dalle Stampe di Antonio Zatta, 1778. Softcover. 2 vols., 8vo: lii, 288; iv, 294 pp. Bound in original Italian decorated paper boards, original printed paper label on spine. Preserved in a brown cloth protective case. BEAUTIFUL COPY of one of the early sources of the birth of the United..... More
