I PRINCIPI DELLA MORALE, O SIA SAGGIO SOPRA L'UOMO. Poema Inglese Di Alessandro Pope. Tradotto in Versi Sciolti Italiani dal Cavaliere Anton-Filippo Adami con La Giunta di Critiche e Filsofiche Annotazioni
by Pope Alexander
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Venezia: Giambatista Novelli, 1757. First Edition of this early Italian translation of Pope's "Essay On Man". With engraved frontispiece, and engraved vignette to the title-page, engraved head and tailpieces throughout. 8vo, bound in full vellum with leather spine label, marbled edges. xxxii, 181, [1] pp. A fine copy, very well preserved, crisp and clean throughout, the vellum binding also fine, strong and tight and with just some normal evidence of age. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT TRANSLATION WHICH WAS REPRINTED A NUMBER OF TIMES DURING THE CENTURY AND JUST SHORTLY AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE WORK IN ENGLAND. At the end of the work are added Ode sulla religione" and Sonnets, Le Prove Dimostrative Della Verita Della Reigione Cristiana composed by Adami.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27896
- Title
- I PRINCIPI DELLA MORALE, O SIA SAGGIO SOPRA L'UOMO. Poema Inglese Di Alessandro Pope. Tradotto in Versi Sciolti Italiani dal Cavaliere Anton-Filippo Adami con La Giunta di Critiche e Filsofiche Annotazioni
- Author
- Pope Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Giambatista Novelli
- Place of Publication
- Venezia
- Date Published
- 1757
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...