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BODONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Epithalamia exoticis linguis reddita. Parma: Ex Regio Typographeo, 1775. Large folio, 477 x 330 mm. (18¾ x 12 15/16 in.), early 19th-century maroon calf gilt, g.e., upper cover and spine faded, spine and extremities rubbed, inner hinges reinforced, trifling marginal soiling to title. Brooks' issue "b": 28 preliminary leaves, 77 leaves of which 51 with specimen verses printed in various exotic types (printed on rectos only) and 26 leaves of explanation of the emblems, followed by the 20-leaf "poemetto" of Count della Torre di Rezzonico; 139 finely engraved vignettes, headpiece ornaments, tail-pieces and historiated initials by Bossi, Cagnoni, Patrini, Muzzi, Volpato and others after Bossi, E. Ferrari and Muzzi, 26 leaves with specimen verses printed in exotic types. 35 pages of Latin poetry at end. Brooks 70c ("Fundamental work. A second Manuale Tipografico").
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BODONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Epithalamia exoticis linguis reddita. Parma: Ex Regio Typographeo, 1775. Large folio, 477 x 330 mm. (18¾ x 12 15/16 in.), early 19th-century maroon calf gilt, g.e., upper cover and spine faded, spine and extremities rubbed, inner hinges reinforced, trifling marginal soiling to title. Brooks' issue "b": 28 preliminary leaves, 77 leaves of which 51 with specimen verses printed in various exotic types (printed on rectos only) and 26 leaves of explanation of the emblems, followed by the 20-leaf "poemetto" of Count della Torre di Rezzonico; 139 finely engraved vignettes, headpiece ornaments, tail-pieces and historiated initials by Bossi, Cagnoni, Patrini, Muzzi, Volpato and others after Bossi, E. Ferrari and Muzzi, 26 leaves with specimen verses printed in exotic types. 35 pages of Latin poetry at end. Brooks 70c ("Fundamental work. A second Manuale Tipografico").
A typographic masterpiece, printed in honor of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and Marie Adélaïde Clotilde, sister of Louis XVI. The beautifully printed "exotic types" include Arabic, Greek, Russian, Phoenician, Coptic, Ethiopian, Etruscan, Turkish, Samaritan, Hebrew, Persian, Tibetan, etc. The roman types are from Bodoni's earlier or "old style" fonts. Updike thought this "one of his finest volumes... really magnificent in its types, their arrangement and the suberb engraved decorations" (Printing Types II, p. 171).
Provenance: "Sa Maj. Maria Barzi", small neat contemporary inscription at bottom of title-page.
A typographic masterpiece, printed in honor of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and Marie Adélaïde Clotilde, sister of Louis XVI. The beautifully printed "exotic types" include Arabic, Greek, Russian, Phoenician, Coptic, Ethiopian, Etruscan, Turkish, Samaritan, Hebrew, Persian, Tibetan, etc. The roman types are from Bodoni's earlier or "old style" fonts. Updike thought this "one of his finest volumes... really magnificent in its types, their arrangement and the suberb engraved decorations" (Printing Types II, p. 171).
Provenance: "Sa Maj. Maria Barzi", small neat contemporary inscription at bottom of title-page.