Como, dramma con maschere ... Comus, masque.
by Milton, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Didot, 1812. Second edition. Bound in contemporary mottled pink paper-covered boards, worn. . Very Good. 31cm; xiii, [i], 85 pages. Title and text in French and Italian on facing pages. Bridgewater arms stamped in red on both title pages; Egerton arms stamped in red at head of appendix (a survey of critcism on Comus). A 16-page genealogy in French of the Bridgewater family dated 1810 bound in, stamped with Bridgewater arms. Scattered light foxing only.
The British eccentric Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756-1829) commissioned this translation into French and Italian of Milton's Comus in part to honor his own ancestor, John Egerton, who was present at the first performance of it. First issued in 1806, Egerton chose to reprint the corrected text with the celebrated firm of Didot. A third issue of the Italian text was printed later the same year.
The British eccentric Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756-1829) commissioned this translation into French and Italian of Milton's Comus in part to honor his own ancestor, John Egerton, who was present at the first performance of it. First issued in 1806, Egerton chose to reprint the corrected text with the celebrated firm of Didot. A third issue of the Italian text was printed later the same year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3891
- Title
- Como, dramma con maschere ... Comus, masque.
- Author
- Milton, John
- Format/Binding
- Bound in contemporary mottled pink paper-covered boards, worn.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Didot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1812
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Egerton Bridgewater translation
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Classical Tradition; Renaissance and Early Modern Humanism; Comedy, Satire, Burlesque;
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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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.