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BODONI, Giambattista (1740-1813) -- [V. PASSERINI.] Memorie aneddote per servire un giorno alla vita del Signor Giovanbattista Bodoni tipografo di sua Maestà Cattolica e Dirrettore del Parmenese Tipografeo. Parma: Stamperia Carmignani, 1804.
8o (204 x 127 mm). Errata leaf at end. Contemporary red morocco gilt, edges gilt (spine rubbed). Provenance: William Beckford (1759-1844, transferred upon his death to:) Hamilton Palace Library (sold Sotheby's 1880, Quaritch bookplate designating the purchase at the sale on front free endpaper); "Ch W W" (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF THE CELEBRATED PRINTER GIAMBATTISTA BODONI. Bigmore & Wyman I, 69; Brooks 1372.
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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF THE CELEBRATED PRINTER GIAMBATTISTA BODONI. Bigmore & Wyman I, 69; Brooks 1372.