BODONI -
Tasso, Torquato.
Aminta. Favola boschereccia,... Lot 134
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BODONI -
Tasso, Torquato.
Aminta. Favola boschereccia, ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta. With engraved portrait vignette on title and armorial vignette.
Crisopoli [Parma], Bodoni, 1789. 4° (31.5 x 23.7 cm). [1] w. Bl., [6] ll., 14 pp., [1] bl., 142 pp., [1] w. Red morocco master binding (sign. Bradel l'Ainé); with gilt title on spine, fillets on spine and covers, border on inner edges and gilt edges on three sides. gilt edges. Mirrors and endpapers with turquoise silk covers (corners slightly bumped).
Brooks 379 - De Lama II, 54 - Weiss 111. - The vignettes with the portrait of Tasso and the coat of arms of princess Malaspina to whom the work is dedicated. According to Brooks, 50 copies each were printed on "carta in doppia ducale" and "carta d'Anonnay". - One of the most beautiful and rare bodoni prints in a magnificent binding by François-Paul Bradel (active between 1770 and 1795). - Without the advice sheet at the end, which was not added to all copies. - Slightly browned resp. duststained in margins, partly also a little bit foxed; overall a very fine and wide-margined copy. - Bookplate on mirror.
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