Il "Philobiblon" di Riccardo de Bury ... testo, note illustrative, traduzione e documenti. Accompagnato da Trenta Tavole Iconografiche
by de Bury, Richard. Besso, Marco. (assoc. Sir James Rennell Rodd)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A very good copy, edges foxed, boards rubbed, lightly soiled, leaves crisp and fresh.
- Seller
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East Jewett, New York, United States
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About This Item
Quarter vellum over printed paper-covered boards. Front edge deckled: Biblioteca Besso Editrice, 1914. First edition thus. Quarter vellum over printed paper-covered boards. Front edge deckled. A very good copy, edges foxed, boards rubbed, lightly soiled, leaves crisp and fresh.. liii, [2], 159 pp., [1]. + Plates. Illus. with 30 b/w engraved plates. 4to. Number 9 of 500 copies. This copy was for Sir James Rennell Rodd (1858-1941), the British Ambassador in Rome. Text in Latin and Italian. Commentary in Italian on this 14th century treatise on the love of books by the English Bishop Richard de Bury (1287-1345). A very handsomely designed volume.
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- Bookseller
- Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23495
- Title
- Il "Philobiblon" di Riccardo de Bury ... testo, note illustrative, traduzione e documenti. Accompagnato da Trenta Tavole Iconografiche
- Author
- de Bury, Richard. Besso, Marco. (assoc. Sir James Rennell Rodd)
- Format/Binding
- Quarter vellum over printed paper-covered boards. Front edge deckled
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy, edges foxed, boards rubbed, lightly soiled, leaves crisp and fresh.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Biblioteca Besso Editrice
- Place of Publication
- Quarter vellum over printed paper-covered boards. Front edge deckled
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Medieval Studies, , Books about Books, Book Arts & Collecting, Medieval Studies, Books on Books, Book Collectors, Book Collecting, 14th c., Medieval Studies, Middle Ages, Marco Besso, Sir James Rennell Rodd,
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About the Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
East Jewett, New York
About Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
Kaaterskill Books is located on Parker Mountain in the Catskill High Peaks region of New York State. We offer fine, rare, and unusual books and manuscripts in a variety of fields with special emphasis on the Americas.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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