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THE WORKS OF ARETINO: TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FROM THE ORIGINAL ITALIAN, WITH A CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY (2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
by Putnam, Samuel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Pascal Covici, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Marquis de Bayros. Chicago, IL: Pascal Covici, 1926. Limited numbered edition, this is number 1151 out of 1250. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches: (Vol. 1) pp. 280, [7]. (Vol. 2) pp. 302, [2]. Bound in light grey-blue boards, with greyish-tan cloth spines. Paper title labels glued on to front cover and spine. With tipped in illustrations by Marquis de Bayros. Ex Libris bookplate to front endpapers.
Mild wear to edges, with moderate wear, rubbing to corners. Wear on edges of spine label paste on for both volumes. Taped tear to title page of volume one. Light toning. Texts are unmarked. Bindings solid, tight. "Pietro Aretino (19 or 20 April 1492 - 21 October 1556) was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics and developed modern literary pornography" (Wikipedia).
Mild wear to edges, with moderate wear, rubbing to corners. Wear on edges of spine label paste on for both volumes. Taped tear to title page of volume one. Light toning. Texts are unmarked. Bindings solid, tight. "Pietro Aretino (19 or 20 April 1492 - 21 October 1556) was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics and developed modern literary pornography" (Wikipedia).
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 627
- Title
- THE WORKS OF ARETINO: TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FROM THE ORIGINAL ITALIAN, WITH A CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY (2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
- Author
- Putnam, Samuel
- Illustrator
- Marquis de Bayros
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Pascal Covici
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Erotica, Satire, Erotica,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
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