Search Results: Italian Literature from Charles Agvent

Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with the spine slightly darkened, lacking the slipcase. Bruno Bramanti. Large octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in Italian linen with decorated paper sides wood-blocked by Varese of Milano. The authorized translation of 1844 revised and with a long introduction by Ronald H. Boothroyd. Illustrated with the designs of Francesco Gonin engraved in wood by Bruno Bramanti. One of 1500 copies printed by G. Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni and SIGNED by the artist and by the printer on the colophon page. This copy not numbered, acquired directly from the publisher.

New York: Limited Editions Club, (1940). Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Copy #452 of only 530 copies, one of the scarcest publications of the press, illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, (1940). Hardcover. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some spotting. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. One of the scarcest publications of the press with only 530 copies printed. Of that total edition of 530 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "476" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy.

New York: Heritage Press, n.d. Hardcover. Fine in a partly sunned, Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. A reproduction of the Limited Editions Club Officina Bodoni edition. Small folio bound in cloth. Translated by John Addington Symonds with an introduction by Thomas Craven. Illustrated with line and color wash drawings by Fritz Kredel.

Venice: F. Valgrisi and N. Moretti, 1603. Early Printing. Hardcover. Some of the impressions are weak, but most are quite presentable. Trimmed at the top close to the text and plate lines, affecting one line of text in the dedication; other margins quite adequate. Vellum soiled. Very Good or better. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in early full vellum, [16] 654 [32] pages. The complete and corrected ORLANDO FURIOSO, with Ruscelli's dedication to the Duke of Ferrara dated 1556 and an account of the life of Ariosto by Battista Pigna. Illustrated with an engraved title page, 51 full-page woodcuts, ornamental headpieces, and initial letters. The woodcuts, within decorative borders, are after the designs of Dossa Dossi, the Ferrarese painter, and are printed from the blocks of the first Valgrisi quarto editon of 1556. First published in 1516, this classic Italian romantic epic influenced many later works including Spenser's THE FAERIE QUEENE and Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The action takes place… Read More

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to spine edges. Near Fine. Now for the First Time Translated into Rhymed English. Original smooth purple cloth stamped in black and gilt, including publisher's name on spine. This copy also without the initial bracket at the base of the title page per Babington 20. A collection of homoerotic poetry by the middle-aged Michelangelo, better known of course as an artist rather than an author, for the much younger Cavalieri, who perhaps embodied the ideals of masculine beauty that the artist had searched for throughout his career. Symonds's translation of the poems was one of the first to overcome the censorship that had plagued previous editions. This copy INSCRIBED "Edith H. Cave/From the Translator" on the half-title page in what is likely not Symonds's hand.