Capitolo del prete da Povigliano. A messer Ieronimo Fracastoro. (illustrated with hand-colored etchings by Renzo Sommaruga)
by Francesco Berni (Renzo Sommaruga, illustrator)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Verona: Giovanni Mardersteig / Officina Bodoni, 1951. A wonderful and rare Officina Bodoni publication, illustrated with SEVEN ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY RENZO SOMMARUGA, ALL HAND-COLORED BY THE ARTIST. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, all beautifully printed (by Giovanni Mardersteig) with wide margins on fine handmade wove paper. 4to. Bound in the original vellum-backed boards, with gilt lettering on spine. In the original patterned-paper board slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, AS NEW WITH NO DEFECTS. Schmoller 98. A PRISTINE COPY OF A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL BOOK.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39261
- Title
- Capitolo del prete da Povigliano. A messer Ieronimo Fracastoro. (illustrated with hand-colored etchings by Renzo Sommaruga)
- Author
- Francesco Berni (Renzo Sommaruga, illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Giovanni Mardersteig / Officina Bodoni
- Place of Publication
- Verona
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- coleillus fine printing livre d'artiste italian
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About the Seller
Cole & Contreras
Biblio member since 2004
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
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