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THE SONNETS OF MICHAEL ANGELO BUONARROTI AND TOMMASO CAMPANELLA
by SYMONDS, John Addington (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Mild rubbing to spine edges. Near Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012666
- Title
- THE SONNETS OF MICHAEL ANGELO BUONARROTI AND TOMMASO CAMPANELLA
- Author
- SYMONDS, John Addington (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Mild rubbing to spine edges. Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- 1890s, Decadent Literature, J. A. Symonds, Inscribed, Michelangelo, Art, Literature: English
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gay Literature; 19th Century British Literature; Poetry; Italian Literature;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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