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The Prettiest Love Letters in the World Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo 1503 to 1519 Hardcover - 1987
by Richard Shirley Smith
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- Title The Prettiest Love Letters in the World Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo 1503 to 1519
- Author Richard Shirley Smith
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First American E
- Pages 43
- Language ENG
- Publisher David R. Godine Publisher, Boston
- Date October 1987
- ISBN 9780879237165
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The Prettiest Love Letters in the World Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo 1503 to 1519
by Lucrezia Borgia, Pietro Bembo, trans. Hugh Shankland
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Very good condition, pages crisp & unmarked, spine tight. Buckram boards lightly faded and very slightly cupped.
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The Prettiest Love Letters in the World: Letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo 1503 to 1519
by Lucrezia Borgia, Pietro Bembo; translation and preface by Hugh Shankland
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Boston, Massachusetts: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1987. First U.S. edition (stated). Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Oversize, 7 1/8 x 10 1/4. Wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. 2L. Full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Preceded by limited U.K. edition under the title "Messer Pietro Mio." Text in English, but with the quotations from Petrarch in Italian and English on facing pages. A nice copy. Firm binding, square spine and intact hinges. No marks. Slightest bumps to corners, creasing to spine-ends. Boards very slightly bowed. Unclipped dustjacket has a quarter-inch tear with light creasing top edge front panel, else very little wear.
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Prettiest Love Letters in the World: The Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia and Pietro Rembo, 1503-1519
by Shankland, Hugh [Editor]; Smith, Richard Shirley [Illustrator];
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- 9780879237165 / 0879237163
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David R. Godine, Publisher, 1987-09-30. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x0x10. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. 46, 43 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. <br> "Prettiest Love Letters in the World records a brief but intense love affair, between an ambitious poet of high Venetian background and a young political bride whose father, as Pope, wielded absolute power. Their letters are charged with excitement; every meeting had an element of danger, the thrill of a gamble.
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