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Lot 199

OFFICINA BODONI
FELICIANO VERONESE (FELICE) Alphabetum Romanum, 1960; and 11 others

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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OFFICINA BODONI

FELICIANO (FELICE) Alphabetum Romanum, edited by Giovanni Mardersteig, German edition, number 146 of 160 copies, 25 letters of the alphabet hand-coloured by Ameglio Travella in the style of the original fifteenth century manuscript in the Vatican, 5 heliogravure plates, original prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, transparent wrapper, slip-case, 8vo, Verona, 1960--TORNIELLO (FRANCESCO) L'Alfabeto, English edition, number 27 of 160 copies, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, transparent wrapper, slip-case, 4to, Verona, 1970--BEMBO (PIETRO) De Aetna liber & Pietro Bembo dell' Etna, Italian edition, number 117 of 125 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, 8vo, Verona, 1969--GOGOL (NICOLAS) The Overcoat. From the Tales of Petersburg, number 115 of 160 copies signed by the artist, 6 full-page etchings by Pietro Annigoni, prospectus loosely inserted, slip-case, Verona, 1975--TERENCE. Andria. Commedia, nella traduzione di Niccolò Machiavelli, number 128 of 160 copies, woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel after Albrecht Durer, prospectus loosely inserted, transparent wrapper, slip-case,Verona, 1971--FREDERICK II, King of Prussia. Epitre au marquis d'Argens du 23 septembre 1757, limited to 225 copies, Montagnola di Lugano, 1924, the last 3 original vellum-backed cloth or boards--MARDERSTEIG (GIOVANNI) The Officina Bodoni: An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977, limited edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, Verona, Stamperia Valdonega, 1980, the last 4 folio; together with 2 other limited edition folios printed at the Stamperia Valdonega and 3 copies of catalogue of the Officina Bodoni exhiition held at the King's Library in 1978 (12)

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