ALPHABETUM ROMANUM. Edited by Giovani Mardersteig.
by Felice Feliciano, edited by Giovani Mardersteig;
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good +
- Seller
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About This Item
Verona: Officina Bodoni // Officinae Bodoni, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. This is one of fifty copies in full golden brown oasis morocco, gilt press mark on the upper cover, top edge gilt. Mardersteig's lengthy (60-page) introduction is followed by Feliciano's treatise on the construction of Roman letters (ca. 1460). The 25 letters are hand-colored in two colors (after the original manuscript) with the corresponding construction grid on facing verso. Mardersteig was fascinated by the career of Feliciano (1433-1479), who started off as a professional caligrapher and lived into the print era, even publishing a volume of Petrarch in Poiano in 1476. Book is fine, free of all markings, binding fresh and flexible. Prospectus laid in, VG+. Slipcase is tight and free of splits, clean except for what looks like a small streak of a coffee drip on the back edge (the part that does not face the shelf). Lovely book. Mardersteig 121. Century for the Century 62
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3810
- Title
- ALPHABETUM ROMANUM. Edited by Giovani Mardersteig.
- Author
- Felice Feliciano, edited by Giovani Mardersteig;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Officina Bodoni // Officinae Bodoni
- Place of Publication
- Verona
- Date Published
- 1960
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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