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Milano: Franco Maria Ricci, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. Signed by Author. 35cm x 24cm. 2 volumes, colour illustrations. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated onlay, 2 clamshell folders, original shipping cartons. The first edition of the ever mysterious Codex Seraphinianus by Italian artist Luigi Serafini (1949-). Possibly an illustrated encyclopaedia of an alternate universe, Serafini has alluded that it is perhaps all just the thoughts of a cat passed through his hand. The Codex is written in an imaginary language and illustrated phantasmagorically throughout. This being the true first edition published in 2 volumes by Italian art publisher Franco Maria Ricci. This copy numbered 2295 and signed by Serafini to the colophon of volume 2, with the original trilingual letter from the editor laid in, together with a FMR catalogue, several photocopied Italian newspaper clippings related to the Codex, as well as the deluxe edition of the only published volume of…
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Codex seraphinianus (Latin Edition) Hardcover - 1981
by Serafini, Luigi
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- Title Codex seraphinianus (Latin Edition)
- Author Serafini, Luigi
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Franco Maria Ricci, Milano (Milan)
- Date 1981
- ISBN 9788821600265
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Codex Seraphinianus (2 Volumes)
by Luigi Serafini
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