Favole di Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi

by Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi

$1,250 · Offered by Heritage Book Shop

First edition

Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1788. First edition of this collection of verse fables. Octavo 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 196 x 135 mm . viii, 2 , 180 pp. Printed on light blue paper, one of a few like this which are presumed to have been printed for presentation. With half-title. With engraved vignette title-page printed on thick cream-color paper. Engraved vignette title-page with scene of animals. Title-page is inserted but

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