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D'Annunzio, Gabriele

Praises of the sky, the sea, the earth and the heroes, 1903

Estimate

€ 150 - 200

Sold

€ 206

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Milan, Treves, 1903. 2 volumes in-4th. Intaglio title page and illustrations in the text by Giuseppe Cellini. Editorial binding in full parchment with cloth bindings, some torn, gold-stamped decorations on the front plates with phytomorphic motifs in the first volume. and with the figure of a sailing ship in the II, gold title on the spine. Specimens in beards.

Specialist Notes

Original edition, includes three books by Laudi: Maia (vol. I), Electra and Alcione (vol. II), illustrated by allegorical drawings by Giuseppe Cellini, who also took care of the decorations of the title pages, headpieces and end caps. Gambetti -Vezzosi, p. 253.