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The Overcoat by Gogol, Nikolay
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: B506
- Edition: Limited to 160 numbered copies signed by the illustrator
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Officina Bodoni,
- Place: Verona:
- Date published: 1975
Description
Verona:: Officina Bodoni, , 1975. Limited to 160 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. 4to. Illustrated with 6 etchings Pietro Annigoni. 1/4 vellum and boards, housed in a slipcase spine yellowed, else fine. Printed on Pescia hand-made paper, the original Russian text accompanies the English version translated by Constance Garnett. The etchings are "particularly successful examples of Pietro Annigoni's oeuvre as an illustrator and in their powerful intensity invite comparison with Goya" [Mardersteig].
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
vellum : A fine quality of parchment made from hide produced for binding or sometimes a writing surface. Sometimes used to describe paper which has been made to resemble true vellum.
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