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1840235989Paris: Ruel Aine 1840. hardcover. very good. Translated 'de L'Arioste' by Le Comte de Tressan. 2 volumes. Illustrated with 90 engravings scattered foxing. Tall 8vo 1/2 burgundy morocco marbled boards and endpapers gilt spine. Paris: Ruel Aine n.d. ca. 1840. Very good .<br/><br/> Ruel Aine unknown books
17563785Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie 1756. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 mo. Contemporary calf bindings some wear but a decent set. <br/><br/> Aux depens de la Compagnie hardcover books
197674360Athens:: Ohio University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0821401718 . Bilingual edition: Italian and English. Translated by Peter DeSa Wiggins. First printing thus. Near fine in a very good light age toning dust jacket. . Ohio University Press, hardcover books
197666312Athens:: Ohio University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0821401718 . Bilingual edition: Italian and English. Translated by Peter DeSa Wiggins. First printing thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Ohio University Press, hardcover books
158330836Venice: Appresso Fabio & Agostin Zopini fratelli 1583. 8vo 14.6 cm 5.75". 8 206 1 ff. lacking original final blank. <br><br>Later edition of collected satires by famous Italian authors edited by one of them Francesco Sansovino 152186.<br>Â Â Â Â Sansovino dedicates this collection to the historian Camillo Portio Porzio 1526 ca. 1580 and introduces it with an essay on the material of satire which he breaks down as "pure simplicity with severe acerbity sometimes mixed with a bit of salt or with some feature that is tasty and acute." Prior to this Sansovino also worked on the satires of Ariosto 14741533 separately published.<br>Â Â Â Â The text is divided into sections by author each of whom the editor introduces with a brief biography. A short abstract printed in roman precedes each poem printed in italic. Fine woodcut head- and tailpieces and a variety of initials in historiated patterned and factotum designs decorate the text; and the title-page features the woodcut printers' device of Truth personified flanked by an eagle a lion a bull and an angel representing the Four Evangelists.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Ownership inscription on front fly-leaf of Luigi Pagani Cesa possibly the Italian jurist born at Belluno in 1855 who served as a member of Parliament for 190413; and the words "penso che" "I think that . . ." written above in an earlier hand <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Adams A1691; CNCE 2806. Later glazed cream-colored boards title and date inked on upper spine small paper label on lower spine marbled red edges; boards soiled and front joint opening. One spot of worming on front pastedown and on colophon leaf; traces of former mounting on colophon leaf verso. Title-page with one letter added in manuscript o in Bentivoglio. Trimmed close at margins almost grazing headline on a few leaves. Very minor stains on a few leaves generally bright and crisp. Appresso Fabio, & Agostin Zopini fratelli hardcover books
190685381New York: E. P. Dutton and Company 1906. Octavo pp. i-x xi-xv xvi xvii-xix xx 1 2-395 396: blank nine inserted plates with tissue guards cloth. First U.S. edition. The Dutton edition was made up from sheets of the 1906 Constable edition. Touch of sunning to spine panel else a bright near fine copy. #85381 E. P. Dutton and Company unknown books
1823154750London: John Murray 1823. Original. Hardcover. Contents all VG- a hint of general age wear but ALL UNREAD; page tops uncut; covers mostly faded to brown; spines brittle and with some wear; both covers to Vol. I are detached but present. Bindings however are tight. Maroon/brown embossed cloth/boards. Gilt lettering on spines. Each volume numbered individually around 260-275 each; Vols. III and V have slightly over 300 pages each and none include any illustrations. A complete set of this classic epic poem which is a parody of the legends of chivalry of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France. A very scarce edition. With helpful notes by William Stewart Rose prominent British poet and translator. Last 8th volume includes a Dramatis Personae and general index. Notes follow each canto in every volume. John Murray hardcover books
1976032547Athens: Ohio University Press 1976. Translated by Peter Desa Wiggins. xlv 187p. original blue cloth. Ohio University Press unknown books
197617986Athens: University of Ohio 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. xiv 187pp. Very good hardback in a slightly darkened jacket. <br/><br/> University of Ohio hardcover books
