La Divina Commedia
by Alighieri, Dante
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Milano: G. Gnocchi. Printed by Fratelli Salmin of Padova, 1878. Full Decorated Morocco. Fine. A gorgeous decorative brown morocco binding of one the highpoints in the history of miniature book production! 55 by 40 mm. 500 pp. The two-point "flies' eyes" type used in the book was singled out by Spielman as "the smallest ever employed." Another piece of trivia relating to this book's production is that 30 pages took about a month to produce, and dealing with the miniscule type ened up hurting the eyesight of both the compositor and corrector, according to "Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures", issued by the Grolier Club. Spielmann 114. Bondy p. 95.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005086
- Title
- La Divina Commedia
- Author
- Alighieri, Dante
- Format/Binding
- Full Decorated Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. Gnocchi. Printed by Fratelli Salmin of Padova
- Place of Publication
- Milano
- Date Published
- 1878
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- 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...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...