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Florisatus Fine Books
Plein 19 C
2511 CS Den Haag
Netherlands

Contact

Edwin & Liesbeth Bloemsaat

Phone

+31 (0) 614 270 027 +31 (0) 614 270 027

Email

finebooks@florisatus.nl

Website

ilab.org/affiliate/florisatus-fine-books-manuscripts-musicalia

Superb Bodoni print in the leather publishers binding
BODONI- Longinus. Peri hypsous" De sublimitate. Parmae, in aedibus palatinis typis Bodonianis, 1793. Large folio (436 x 295 mm). [II], XXVIII, 113, [1] p., 1 blank leaf, 89, [1] p.

Light brown sheep, sprinkled in red and dark brown, with a broad red onlaid border bordered by a leaf tip roll and fleurons in the edges. Spine with 6 raised bands, red and black label in compartment 2 and 3, the other compartments with a central rosette. Inner dentelle. Colourful marbled end leaves. Edges gilt.
First edition, on royal folio laid paper (watermark FP) of a total of 115 copies (Brunet) in it's publishers binding. Later in the same year appeared an edition with other types in quarto. It contains first the Greek text in the beautiful Bodoni type and is followed by the Latin translation. This copy with the preface (I-XXVIII) to pope Pius VI, which was removed from many copies after the French invasion.

- Literature: Brooks 507; De Lama II p. 88; Brunet III, col. 1152; Giani, Cat. 44.

-Condition: Partly a small stain in the upper margin, especially in the dedication leaves; Board edges rubbed; Several small not very disturbing damages on the covers; Beautifully printed copy in it's remarkable publishers binding.
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