Il pendolo di Foucault
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Albatross Books, Milan, MI, ItalyAlbatross Books
AbeBooks seller since June 28, 2024
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 61.11
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Milano, Bompiani (stampa: «Nuovo istituto italiano d’arti grafiche», Bergamo), 1988 (ottobre), in ottavo, piena tela rossa con titoli impressi in oro al dorso; sovracoperta blu stampata in giallo e bianco illustrata (grafica di Carla Moroni); fogli di guardia muti, pagine: 509 [9, di cui 4 di «Indice» e 1 di «Indice delle illustrazioni»]; numerose illustrazioni nel testo. Prima edizione. Ottimo esemplare (brunitura uniforme alle carte davvero minima, altrimenti privo di particolari difetti da segnalare). Secondo romanzo di Eco, segue di otto anni «Il nome della rosa». Peana per l’esoterismo, il romanzo segue un giovane che lavora nell’editoria milanese con frequenti incursioni in vicende passate vicine e remote; recita il risvolto di copertina che il romanzo «si svolge dall'inizio degli anni settanta al 1984 tra una casa editrice milanese e un museo parigino dove è esposto il pendolo di Foucault, con una trascurabile parentesi di alcuni anni in Brasile. Si svolge dal 1943 al 1945 in un paesino tra Langhe e Monferrato. Si svolge dal secondo secolo dopo Cristo ai giorni nostri attraverso la vicenda del sapere ermetico. Si svolge fra il 1344 e il 2000 lungo il percorso del Piano dei Templari e dei Rosa-Croce per la conquista del mondo. Si svolge interamente la notte del 23 giugno 1984, prima in piedi nella garitta del periscopio, poi in piedi nella garitta della statua della Libertà al Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers di Parigi. Si svolge la notte fra il 26 e il 27 giugno dello stesso anno nella vecchia casa di campagna che Jacopo Belbo, il protagonista, ha ereditato da suo zio Carlo, mentre Pim, il protagonista, rievoca le sequenze temporali di cui si è detto sopra». Milano, 1988 (October), Bompiani (printed by «Nuovo istituto italiano d’arti grafiche», Bergamo), red publisher’s cloth; titles gilt to spine; blue dustjacket printed in yellow and white (graphics by Carla Moroni); endpapers blank, octavo, pages: 509 [9, of which 4 are the index and 1 is the illustrations index]; numerous illustrations in the text. First edition, first printing. A fine copy (truly minimal browning to leaves, otherwise bearing non specific imperfections to report). Eco’s second novel, published eight years after «The Name of the Rose». A homage to esotericism, «Foucault’s Pendulum» is centred around a young man working in the Milanese publishing industry with frequent forays into the near and distant past; the front dust-jacket-flap states that the novel «takes place from the early 1970s to 1984 in a Milanese publishing house and in a Parisian museum where Foucault’s pendulum is exhibited, with a negligible spell of a few years in Brazil. It takes place from 1943 to 1945 in a small village between Langhe and Monferrato [in Piedmont, North-Western Italy]. It takes place from the second century A.D. to the present day following Hermetic knowledge. It takes place between 1344 and 2000, following the Templars’ and Rosicrucians’ plan to conquer the world. It takes place entirely on the night of 23 June 1984, first in the periscope’s sentry box, then in the sentry box of the Statue of Liberty at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris. It takes place on the night between 26 and 27 June of the same year, in the old country house that Jacopo Belbo, the protagonist, inherited from his uncle Carlo, while Pim, the protagonist, recounts the events mentioned above».…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Il pendolo di Foucault
- Author
- Umberto Eco
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
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