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PRISONS with the "Carceri" Etchings by G.B. Piranesi. Critical Study by Jean Adhemar by Huxley, Aldous; Piranesi, G.B - 1949

by Huxley, Aldous; Piranesi, G.B

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PRISONS with the "Carceri" Etchings by G.B. Piranesi. Critical Study by Jean Adhemar

by Huxley, Aldous; Piranesi, G.B

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London: The Trianon Press, 1949. An edition of the 1,000 unsigned copies distributed by Faber and Faber. "After printing the type was dismantled. There will be no further editions in this format." (33.2 cm x 27.5 cm), frontispiece, pp. [36], followed by 17 engravings, the descriptions printed in the extreme margin of the versos. Plate 7 printed twice showing both the first state and second state which is considerably altered. Armorial bookplate of Canadian literary giant, Robertson Davies, to front pastedown. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Near fine copy in remnants of the original glassine jacket.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Poor. Folio.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Jacket Condition Poor
  • Edition Limited Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The Trianon Press
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1949
  • Keywords Limited Edition; Robertson Davies
  • Size Folio

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Prisons With The "Carceri" Etchings by G. B. Piranrsi. Critical Study by Jean Adhemar

by Huxley, Aldous (author); Giovanni Battista Piranesi (etchings); Jean Adhemar (critical text)

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London: Trianon Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition. Piranesi, G. B.. Quarto (13-1/2" x 11"). Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 16 engraved plates, with letterpress descriptions on versos. This edition limited to 1,000 unsigned copies (total printing 1,212). Minor fraying at head & tail of spine. Lower half of spine water stained and with some rippling (text leaves & etchings unaffected). "Piranesi's (b. 1720) famous set of prints, the Prisons, first appeared in Rome about 1745 under the title, "Invenzioi, Capricci all'acqua forte," and were published without the name of the artist... [and were reprinted many times]. For our own period they have immense relevance... the richness of Piranesi's imagination was such that formal qualities of his work allowed him to suggest those tragic dreams that underlie human existence." (Jean Adhemar).
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