In Die Festo Natalis, Et Circuncisionis Christi, Sapphicum Alphabeticum
by Ferrerius, Zacharias
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- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
(Milan): Officina Bodoni, 1968. Oblong 12mo. (14)ff. From an edition of 80 copies, this is one of forty printed for André Jammes, the French antiquarian bookseller. With a New Year's greeting inscribed on the first free endpaper from Jammes and his family. A beautifully printed Christmas alphabet book with red calligraphic initials on each page. These elaborate initials were derived from a 1523 writing book by Ludovico Vicentino Degli Arrighi, an influential Italian bookseller, papal scribe, and typographer. Vicentino admired italic script and wrote an entire work about it; fittingly, this book is set entirely in Arrighi-Vicenza italic. The text comes from a Christmas hymn and is in the original Latin. Extremely fine in paper-covered boards that look like vellum, and housed in the original brown card slipcase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22965
- Title
- In Die Festo Natalis, Et Circuncisionis Christi, Sapphicum Alphabeticum
- Author
- Ferrerius, Zacharias
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Officina Bodoni
- Place of Publication
- (Milan)
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts; Fine Printing;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
Biblio member since 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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. ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...