Reference: Italian Language from The Owl at the Bridge

Bibliotheca Veneta. Collana di opere erudite. A cura della Scuola Storico-Filologica delle Venezie, presso la facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia della R. Università di Padova. Volume Primo. xlv, 636 pages; 23.5 cm. Bound in navy binder's cloth, spine stamped in gold; Very Good; no dust jacket as issued. Stock#ofc0524.

Foreword by Marcello Pacini; contents: Italian Culture in the U.S.: Policies & Structures; Survey of Italian & Italian-American Cultural Institutions & Organizations in the U.S.; American Periodical Publications of Italian Interest; Teaching of the Italian Language in the U.S.; Italian & Italiam-American Archival Collections in U.S. Repositories: a Preliminary Survey; Index of Persons & Institutions by State. vi, 255… Read more about this item

"The Preface to a dictionary must be the least likely of all human utterances to awaken interest, yet it is the only means by which the lexicographer can introduce himself and explain the lines upon which he has done his work." "Ogni uomo sa che la parola è mezzo di rappresentare il pensiero; ma pochi si accorgono che la… Read more about this item

"Ogni uomo sa che la parola è mezzo di rappresentare il pensiero; ma pochi si accorgono che la progressione, l'abbondanza e l'economia del pensiero son effetti della parola" -- Ugo Foscolo. xxi, 1096 pages, thumb indexed; publisher's green boards, spine stamped in gold; cover edges rubbed; spine slightly cocked; no dust jacket; Good. Stock#ofc0338.

xxix, 2064 pages, illus., endpaper lists; a bit cocked but still sturdy; dust jacket has a few small chips, spine sunned; Good. Stock#ofc0329.