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Le Nozze di Cadmo e Armonia / Signed Limited 1/500
by Calasso, Roberto (1941-2021)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
Milano: Adelphi Edizione, (2009.) Signed, limited edition of 500 copies; this is no. 380. Signed by Roberto Calasso on the limitation page. Also signed and dated by him on the title page with a brief inscription "for Paul / a forest of images / Roberto." A special edition of Calasso's masterwork. A brilliant retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience. With 384 illustrations of images from antiquity, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili of 1499, and other sources. Text is in the original Italian. (Published in English as The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.) 558 pp. Printed in Italy by Arti Grafiche Amiliare Pizzi on ivory Bodonia paper. A big, impressive folio. 12.5 x 8.5 inches. Buckram cloth with black spine lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket with archival cover. A beautiful, unread copy of this classic work of mythography. Scarce in this signed edition.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047617
- Title
- Le Nozze di Cadmo e Armonia / Signed Limited 1/500
- Author
- Calasso, Roberto (1941-2021)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Adelphi
- Place of Publication
- Milan, Italy
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Limited Editions; Folklore, Mythology;
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Elizabethtown, New York
About Lux Libri
Online booksellers since 1996 with general inventory of used and rare books, signed material, ephemera, etc. Our listings are original and show the actual item for sale. We do not use stock photos or descriptions. Most dust jackets are protected in clear, archival covers (removable, if desired.) Books are shipped in sturdy, new boxes with tracking. (Paper and lightweight items may ship in padded envelopes.) Inquiries always welcome and promptly answered.
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- Buckram
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- Folio
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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