Formiggini M a Ed (2 results)
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Published by Leeds, T. Gill, 1796., 1796
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Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, AustriaAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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Add to basket8vo. VIII, (2), 334 (but: 332), (2) pp. With engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title-page. Near-contemporary marbled boards. All edges sprinkled red. Rare collection of 16th century Italian poetry, comprising works by Torquato Tasso, Ottavio Rinuccini, Pietro Metastasio, and Giovanni Battista Guarini. With a portrait… frontispiece showing Torquato Tasso as a classical Roman poet wearing a laurel wreath. - This fine compilation includes Tasso's 1573 play "Arminta", featuring a separate title-page, and the pastorale "Euridice" by Rinuccini, as well as 18 sonnets and 74 madrigals by Guarini. The engraved title-page bears the same place and date as the letterpress one, but differs in the printer's name, bearing the imprint "presso J. Binns, E. Greenwood, e da varj libraj in Londra". - Binding slightly rubbed; corners lightly bumped. Pagination jumps from 86 to 89. Contemporary handwritten shelfmark to flyleaf, engraved title-page loosened, otherwise very well preserved. Not a single copy in auction records. - ESTC T125439. OCLC 931413938. Thomas, An Annotated Checklist of Editions of the Works of Battista Guarini, 142.
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Published by Leeds, T. Gill, 1796
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Seller: Editio Altera, Bronxville, NY, U.S.A.Editio Altera
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. VIII, (2), 334 (but: 332), (2) pp. With engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title-page. Near-contemporary marbled boards. All edges sprinkled red. ESTC T125439. OCLC 931413938. Thomas, An Annotated Checklist of Editions of the Works of Battista Guarini, 142. Rare collection of 16th century Italian poetry, comprisi…ng works by Torquato Tasso, Ottavio Rinuccini, Pietro Metastasio, and Giovanni Battista Guarini. With a portrait frontispiece showing Torquato Tasso as a classical Roman poet wearing a laurel wreath. - This fine compilation includes Tasso's 1573 play "Arminta", featuring a separate title-page, and the pastorale "Euridice" by Rinuccini, as well as 18 sonnets and 74 madrigals by Guarini. The engraved title-page bears the same place and date as the letterpress one, but differs in the printer's name, bearing the imprint "presso J. Binns, E. Greenwood, e da varj libraj in Londra". - Binding slightly rubbed; corners lightly bumped. Pagination jumps from 86 to 89. Contemporary handwritten shelfmark to flyleaf, engraved title-page loosened, otherwise very well preserved. Not a single copy in auction records.
