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Bodoni Press.
Description
- A collection of 11 volumes by and about Giambattista Bodoni, including:
- Paper
Hesiod. Opera omnia Latinis versibus expressa [volume II]. Parma: Ex regio parmensi typographo, 1797, 4to, half vellum, orange paper lettering-pieces, [Brooks 689], without Greek and Italian text
Mazza, Angelo. Sonetti su l'armonia. Parma: co' tipi dei Fratelli Amoretti, 1801, folio, engraved vignette, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, slight water-damage throughout, lower cover scraped
and 4 others
Provenance
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Mazza's work, dedicated to Louis de Bourbon, king of Etruria, was also issued in octavo format; this is presumably a large format edition intended for presentation to the Bourbon family, as the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma holds no less than six copies of this large format edition. It was published by Fratelli Amoretti who worked with Bodoni before setting up their own press in Parma.
The other works are:
Ciavarella, Angelo. Discorso pronunciato in occasione del centocinquantesimo anniversario della morte di Giambattista Bodoni. Milan: Amilcare Pizzi, 1964, 8vo, illustrations, original wrappers
Bodoni celebrato a Parma. Parma: Biblioteca Palatina, 1963, 4to, plates, original cloth
G.B. Bodoni e la Propaganda Fide. Parma: Museo Bodoniano, 1959, folio, 2 facsimile plates, original orange printed wrappers
Bodoni, Giambattista. Inediti sull' Anacreonte. Parma: Museo Bodoniano, 1961, folio, 2 facsimile leaves tipped in, original orange printed wrappers