Il lotto Lotto n° 360
Titolo : Bodoni, Giambattista. Oratio Dominica In Clv Linguis Versa Et Exoticis Characteribs Plerumque Expressa, EPOCA : 1806
Dimensione : Folio grande, mm. 405x270Condition report : Large folio, mm. 405x270. Full marbled leather binding, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Pp. 8, first 2 blanks, XIX, 5, XIX, 5, 20, 2 CCXLVII, 4. Each page with double fillet frame. The title page is preceded by a leaf which certifies that the edition belongs to the personal library of Eugenio Napoleone di Francia, the dedicatee. Beautiful specimen with wide margins. Rare First Edition. De Lama: “A very precious book that marks an epoch in typography”. The work, financed by Prince Eugene and distributed by him, was printed in Bodoni's private printing house in only 180 copies. This copy is complete with the printed sheet, half page, which declares this edition to belong edizione “alla Biblioteca Particolare di S.A.I. Eugenio Napoleone di Francia Vice-re d’Italia …” (“to the Particular Library of S.A.I. Eugene Napoleon of France Vice-king of Italy ...). This sheet, placed in the opening, is often missing.This famous Bodonian edition, dedicated to Eugenio Beauharnais and his wife Augusta Amalia, is a prelude to the Manuale Tipografico, and is not inferior to it in importance. It includes the text of the Oratio Dominica in 155 languages. There are 97 exotic types, namely: 43 Asian, 51 European, 3 African. The other characters are italic and round.Brooks: “In fact, it can be called another Typographical Manual. Contains characters sculpted by Bodoni himself.… Bodoni's Oratio Dominica contains the following that were missing in the Marcellian one: Caldaici, Syriac, Phoenician, Palmyrenian, Brahmanic, Malabaric, Tibetan, Giorgian, Etruscan, Illyrian, Hebrew-Teutonic, Gothic and Punic which here include 19 alphabets. Giani: “Precious book… edition financed by Prince Eugene and distributed by him. Before the title there must be a notice in-4 °, cm. 23 x 31.Bado e Mart, banditore, Padova, Italy
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Titolo di vendita : Rare Antique & Modern Books
Data della vendita : 05/04/2023
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