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Eden Anto, or, The Fate of a Copy of a Rare Edition of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (signed)
Fogazzaro, Antonio; Translated [& signed] by Theodore Wesley Koch; From the library of Dr. Frederick P. Keppel
Published by The Roxburghe Club, San Francisco, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. First Edition. San Francisco: The Roxburghe Club, 1930. This is a presentation copy, inscribed to Dr. Frederick P. Keppel [1875-1943, Dean of Columbia College, 1910-1918, president of the Carnegie Corporation, 1923-1941] and signed by the translator, Theo. W. Koch. 7.75"… wide by 11.25" tall. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bright, square, tight. Pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked. The first book published by the Roxburghe Club. Limited to 250 numbered copies, this being #228. Finely printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Illustrated with a portrait of Ariosto and a title page of ORLANDO FURIOSO (1532), both engraved by F. De Nanto, and with several facsimiles of old manuscripts (from the Pierpont Morgan Library]. Modern illustrations by René Gockinga. Bound in the original green paper-covered boards, with a printed paper spine label. The four green silk book closing ties remain bound-in, however the loose ends of the ties have perished. No slipcase. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Theodore Wesley Koch. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Gockinga, René. xx, 31pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Gockinga, René (illustrator).
