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"Peri hypsous" De sublimitate. Parmae, in aedibus palatinis typis Bodonianis, 1793. Large folio (436 x 295 mm). 1 blank leaf, [II], XXVIII, 113, [1] p., 1 blank leaf, 89, [1] p., 1 blank leaf. Light brown sheep, sprinled in red and dark brown, with a broad black onlaid border bordered by a leaf tip roll and fleurons in the edges. Spine with 6 raised bands, red and black label in compartment 2 and 3, the other compartments with a central fleuron and curly corner tools. Inner dentelle. Colourful marbled end leaves. Edges gilt.
---Superb Bodoni print bound in the leather publishers binding with black onlays--- First edition, on royal folio laid paper (watermark FP) of a total of 115 copies (Brunet) in it's publishers binding. Later in the same year appeared an edition with other types in quarto. It contains first the Greek text in the beautiful Bodoni type and is followed by the Latin translation. This copy with the preface (I-XXVIII) to pope Pius VI, which was removed from many copies after the French invasion. -Literature: Brooks 507; De Lama II p. 88; Brunet III, col. 1152; Giani, Cat. 44. -Condition: Board edges rubbed; Several small not very disturbing damages on the covers; A brisk and clean copy in it's remarkable publishers binding.
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Sachgebiete: Altertum, Einbände, Pressendrucke, Typographie
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