4to (28.5 cm), 92 pp. Publisher's boards and slip-case (minor shelf-wear). Limited to 1950 copies, this no. 416. The stories translated in this volume have been chosen from an early fifteenth century manuscript of Le Fatiche d'Ercole, a fanciful account of the Labors of Hercules by Pietro Andrea di Bassi. The handsome illuminated manuscript belongs to Philip Hofer collection at the Houghton Library of Harvard University. The book was designed by Giovanni Mardersteig using his own typeface, Monotype Dante and printed by his son Martino in the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona, Italy.

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Title

The Labors of Hercules by Pietro Andrea di Bassi

Publisher

Imprint Society, Barre, MA

Publication Date

1971

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near Fine

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