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Friday 16 December 2016, 10:30 AM • Rome

Bodoni - Virgilio, Publio Marone

Opera, 1793

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€ 4.500 - 5.500

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Parma, Bodoni, 1793. In 2° grande Reale, 450 x 330 mm. 2 voll. Legatura originale in cartone marmorizzato racchiusa in due astucci originali in cartone giallo con 3 tasselli in pelle ai dorsi recanti dati tipografici, esemplare a pieni margini, uno dei 25 impressi in velina sopraffina di Francia.
Uno degli indiscussi capolavori bodoniani, universalmente ammirato, che suscitò l'invidioso stupore del Didot. Contiene le Bucoliche, le Georgiche, l'Eneide, i Poemata quae sub Virgilii nomine circumferuntur, la vita di Virgilio di Donato. Esemplare in condizioni genuine, tanto nella legatura, conservata nei suoi astucci originali, quanto nelle condizioni interne. Lommen, The book of books, Londra, 2012: "Monumental edition [...] The typographic design of Bodoni's Virgil is one of the highlights of neoclassicism: the layout is geometric and the letters seem to swim in a sea of white. The printing is perfect in all technical aspects". Brooks 486; De Lama II, 81; Giani, Catalogo, pp.45-46: "Stupenda edizione".

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