Lot n° 49  | Auction 500

Estimate € 400 - 600

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Auction: 26 January 2021 at 10:30

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[BODONI] - Prose e versi per onorare la memoria di Livia Doria Caraffa. Parma: Giambattista Bodoni, 1784. A fine copy in red morocco of the first edition of this volume decorated with numerous engravings by Morghen and Bianchi. Brooks 250: “Beautiful book"; Brunet: "among the most beautiful books printed by Bodoni"; Renouard appreciates it for "the magnificence de l'exécution, the multitude des gravures and the rareté des exemplaires" . 4to (287 x 212mm). Frontispiece with portrait of the dedicatee in an architectural border, portrait of the Dedicatee engraved by Morghen, 6 full-page engraved plates, numerous engravings in text including headpieces, initials, endpieces, full-page illustrations and frames. Contemporary red morocco decorated in gilt on covers, on spine and edges, blue silk endpapers (extremities lighlty rubbed). Provenance: Calvin Bullock (1867-1944; bookplate).


Estimate € 400 - 600

Sold € 950

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