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PRIVATE PRESS

The Collection of the late P.J.R. Catterall
Lot 332

OFFICINA BODONI
GIDE (ANDRÉ) Theseus, NUMBER 75 OF 210 COPIES, translated by John Russell, 12 full-page lithographs by Massimo Campigli, one signed and loosely inserted (as issued), slipcase (lower edge detached), 8vo and small folio, Verona, Officina Bodoni; and 4 others (11)

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OFFICINA BODONI

GIDE (ANDRÉ) Theseus, NUMBER 75 OF 210 COPIES, translated by John Russell, 12 full-page lithographs by Massimo Campigli, one signed and loosely inserted (as issued), slipcase (lower edge detached), [Officina Bodoni for] New Directions Book Published by James Laughlin, 1949--TERENCE. Andria: Commedia, NUMBER 123 OF 160 COPIES, woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel after Albrecht Durer, prospectuses loosely inserted, transparent wrapper, slip-case, 1971--[JAMES (EDWARD)] Carmino Amico. Opus Quintum, ONE OF 50 COPIES on Montval paper, from an overall edition of 100, woodcut vignette printed in sepia, Privately Printed [by Officina Bodoni], 1932--The Sayings of the Seven Sages of Greece, NUMBER 32 OF 160 COPIES, translated by Betty Racice, slipcase, 1976--Songs from Shakespeare's Plays, NUMBER 45 OF 300 COPIES, printed in red and black, slipcase, 1974--Ippolito e Lionoroa. From a Manuscript of Felice Feliciano in the Harvard College Library, NUMBER 29 OF 200 COPIES, slipcase, 1970--BARDUZZI (BERNARNDINO) A Letter in Praise of Verona [1489], NUMBER 86 OF 150 COPIES, slipcase, 1974, publisher's quarter vellum or cloth, 8vo and small folio, Verona, Officina Bodoni; and 4 others (11)

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