Search Results: the nymphs of fiesole by giovanni boccaccio

Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni, 1952. Limited edition of 225 copies on hand-made Fabriano paper, of which this is copy number 160. xi, [1], 127pp, [3]. With 23 woodcuts and a facsimile of the title page of the 1597 English edition. Original publisher's vellum-backed patterned paper boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., others uncut. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Internally immaculate. A remarkably handsome edition of Boccaccio's greatest poem and unquestionably the best of his minor works. This edition unites the Elizabethan English translation with the woodcuts created for a lost fifteenth-century Italian edition . Quarto.

Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni, 1952. Limited edition (150/225). [6]xi, [2] 127 [1]pp. 23 woodcuts plus a facsimile from the English version printed in London in 1597 by Ia. R. for William Blackman dwelling nere the great North Doore of Paules. Bound in quarter velum with gilt ruling and velum tips to corners. Gilt lettering to spine. Decorated boards. Top edge gilt. Woodcuts recut by Fritz Kredel and printed in Griffo type on the hand press in 225 copies on hand-made Fabriano paper. Il Ninfale Fiesolano was written about 1344 - 1346 and was translated out of Tuscan into French by Anthony Guerin and out of French into English by John Goubourne for the first English edition. Edited by R. H. Boothroyd from the only surviving copy of the edition of 1597. postscript by Hans Mardersteig, Verona, 1952. 23 woodcuts. Near fine. A little very light soiling to velum. Previous owner's bookplate to ffep and initials & date to front paste down. Lacking slipcase.

Officina Bodoni. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good +; Officina Bodoni, 1952. Quarter vellum with gilt ruling and vellum corner tips. Top edge gilt. Board edges rubbed. With 23 woodcuts on handmade Fabriano paper. Slipcase poor, well-rubbed and missing its top edge.

Verona. Editiones Officinae Bodoni. 1952. Bound in half gilt ruled Vellum and paper covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. t.e.g. 4to. 7.5" x 11.5 This Edition, has been pinted in Griffo type on the hand-press in 225 numbered copies on hand-made Fabrino paper, of which this is number 93. Illustrated with Woodcuts by Bartolommeo Di Giovanni for a lost Quattrocentro Edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and now been reesembled and recut by Fritz Kredel. Very mild usual foxing to fore-edge. Very slight foxing to front and rear pastedowns. A Very Fine crisp copy.

Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarter vellum over patterned paper-covered boards; vellum ruled in gilt with gilt lettering at spine. Top edge trimmed and gilt, other edges untrimmed. Housed in cream paper-covered slipcase. Special edition printed by hand-press in Griffo type on hand-made Fabriano paper, limited to 225 numbered copies, of which this is 106. Octavo. xi, [1, blank], 127, [1, colophon] pages. Illustrated with in-text woodcuts, made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. One full-page facsimile from the English version printed in 1597. Slightest toning and shelf wear to binding and slipcase. About fine. .

VERONA, OFFICINAE BODONI, 1952. QUARTER VELLUM. FINE IN GOOD SLIPCASE. . LIMITED TO 225 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 24. ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS BY BARTOLOMEO DI GIOVANNI RECUT BY FRITZ KREDEL PRINTED IN GRIFFO TYPE ON HAND-MADE FABRIANO PAPER. QUARTER VELLUM OVER PATTERNED CLOTH. A FINE COPY IN A DAMAGED SLIPCASE. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT ELWELL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN.

, [4], xii,128 pages, 23 woodcuts, 1 facsimile title page, limited edition no.188 of 225 copies, handmade paper, tipped in bookplate for John Ryder