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Aminta favola boschereccia ... ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta.
by Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
Crispoli [i.e. , Parma]: Impresso co' carratteri Bodoniani, 1793. Fine. Large folio (45 cm); xxxv, 117, [2 blank] pages. Engraved head-piece by Lucatelli. Richly bound in recent polished brown half leather over marbled paper-covered boards, borders double ruled in gilt; spine in six compartments ruled and titled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Protected in 20th-century (?) marbled paper-covered slipcase.
References: Brooks 514; De Lama II,89; Bergamo, Raccolta Tassiana, #1232 ("edizione di particolare bellezza ed eleganza"). See also Gamba 958 ("suntuosa edizione").
Giambattista Bodoni quite adored this rather light pastoral romance by Torquato Tasso. It was the second book he printed on his own private press (before he had permission to work on his own in addition to running the Royal press) in 1789, in a quarto format. Once his private He revisited the text twice more, again in smaller formats. The 1793 edition is the first and only folio production of the Aminta. A few copies bear a portrait of Tasso on the title page--our copy is one of the majority that do not. Exquisitely rebound in period style.
References: Brooks 514; De Lama II,89; Bergamo, Raccolta Tassiana, #1232 ("edizione di particolare bellezza ed eleganza"). See also Gamba 958 ("suntuosa edizione").
Giambattista Bodoni quite adored this rather light pastoral romance by Torquato Tasso. It was the second book he printed on his own private press (before he had permission to work on his own in addition to running the Royal press) in 1789, in a quarto format. Once his private He revisited the text twice more, again in smaller formats. The 1793 edition is the first and only folio production of the Aminta. A few copies bear a portrait of Tasso on the title page--our copy is one of the majority that do not. Exquisitely rebound in period style.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6666
- Title
- Aminta favola boschereccia ... ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta.
- Author
- Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Impresso co' carratteri Bodoniani
- Place of Publication
- Crispoli [i.e. , Parma]
- Date Published
- 1793
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- eclogues Bodoni Press mythology fine press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Renaissance and Early Modern Humanism;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Biblio member since 2006
Tuxedo Park, New York
About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
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- Gilt
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- Folio
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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