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Il Paradiso Perduto, Poema Inglese. Dal quale non si erano publicati se non i primi sei Canti. Tradotto in verso sciolto dal Signor Paolo Rolli, Compagno della Reale Societá in Londra. L'Acclamato nell' Accademia degl'Intronati in Siena e Pastore Arcade in Roma. Con la vita del Poeta e con le annotazioni sopra tutto il Poema di G. Addison, Aggiunte alcune Osservazioni critiche

Il Paradiso Perduto, Poema Inglese. Dal quale non si erano publicati se non i primi sei Canti. Tradotto in verso sciolto dal Signor Paolo Rolli, Compagno della Reale Societá in Londra. L'Acclamato nell' Accademia degl'Intronati in Siena e Pastore Arcade in Roma. Con la vita del Poeta e con le annotazioni sopra tutto il Poema di G. Addison, Aggiunte alcune Osservazioni critiche

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Il Paradiso Perduto, Poema Inglese. Dal quale non si erano publicati se non i primi sei Canti. Tradotto in verso sciolto dal Signor Paolo Rolli, Compagno della Reale Societá in Londra. L'Acclamato nell' Accademia degl'Intronati in Siena e Pastore Arcade in Roma. Con la vita del Poeta e con le annotazioni sopra tutto il Poema di G. Addison, Aggiunte alcune Osservazioni critiche

by Milton, Giovanni

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In Parigi: [Venice]: A Spese di Giannalberto Tumermani Stap. Veron., 1742. Folio.  350 x 240 mm., [ 13 x ½ x 9 ¼ inches].  [viii], 143, 96 pp. Engraved frontispiece and 24 engravings in the text.  The typographical design of the poem is Ricchi, who divided each page into two columns and separated the text with the use of decorative ornaments in the antique style. Bound in full contemporary vellum, leather title-label on the spine; vellum showing some signs of aging, but a very good copy in a contemporary binding.  This copy with an old catalogue description pasted to front free endpaper.


Very good copy of this landmark book in the history of Italian book illustration and printing is illustrated by some the most important artists of the period.  Including a monumental design of the "Creation of Adam" and a smaller design of the "Expulsion of Satan from Eden" by G. B. Piazzetta; an allegorical design in his recognizable classical style by Antonio Balestra; a half-page design by Antonio Mella Vera of the coat-of-arms of Antonio Andrea Gazola, to whom the volume is dedicated; and two half-page designs by G. P. Tiepolo, one a "Dance of Death" and the other, a stylized portrait of a young women and her dog.  There is also a lovely design of "St. Michael Leading Adam from the Garden" by Nicola Bilii, and others by G. B. Zignaroli, Vittorio Bigeri and two designs by Picart and one by Chasteau, which gives the volume an international flair.  All of which were engraved by Francesco Zucchi, the prolific Venetian engraver whose work appears in scores of 18th century illustrated books.


Morazzoni, Il Libro Illustrtato Veneziano del Settecento, p.243.  Martineaux & Robison, The Glory of Venice, pp. 350-51.   

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Il Paradiso Perduto, Poema Inglese. Dal quale non si erano publicati se non i primi sei Canti. Tradotto in verso sciolto dal Signor Paolo Rolli, Compagno della Reale Societá in Londra. L'Acclamato nell' Accademia degl'Intronati in Siena e Pastore Arcade in Roma. Con la vita del Poeta e con le annotazioni sopra tutto il Poema di G. Addison, Aggiunte alcune Osservazioni critiche
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Milton, Giovanni
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A Spese di Giannalberto Tumermani Stap. Veron.
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In Parigi: [Venice]
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1742

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De Simone Company Booksellers specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The owner, Daniel De Simone, has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, and ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy. The business also deals in 19th-century Americana and fine books in all fields and languages.

De Simone Company Booksellers enjoyed its second opening as a book company in 2018 after a seventeen-year hiatus. Originally established in 1978, De Simone Company bought, sold, and evaluated rare books, manuscripts, and prints for twenty-two years before closing, when De Simone accepted the position as Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress.

De Simone held this position for fourteen years before moving to the Folger Shakespeare Library as the Eric Weinmann Librarian. In this position, he managed seven departments, including acquisitions, exhibitions, conservation, research services, and the Library's book, manuscript, and art collections. He held this position for three years before retiring in 2017 and reopening De Simone Company Booksellers.

Because of his experience in both the book trade and rare book librarianship, De Simone consults with institutions about the development and evaluation of their library collections. He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles on the history of book illustration and early bibliography.

He is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the Print Council of America, the Grolier Club, the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, the American Printing History Association, the Bibliographical Society of America. He is also the Treasurer of the Antiquarian Book Seminar Foundation, a 501c3, which support the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS). Recently he has been appointed Secretary of Breslauer Prize for Bibliography by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.

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