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The sonnets of Petrarch, in the original Italian together with English translations: PB 213-2003

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The sonnets of Petrarch, in the original Italian together with English translations

Maker(s)

Author: Petrarca, Francesco
Editor: Bergin, Thomas G.
Illustrator: Salvadori, Aldo
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Mardersteig, Giovanni
Designer: Officina Bodoni
Printer: Stamperia Valdónega

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Description

Selected and edited with an introduction by Thomas G. Bergin. Illustrated with drawings by Aldo Salvadori

Xviii, [2], 369, [3] p : illus ; 32 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Verona

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1965

Note

Colophon: "This edition ... has been planned at the Officina Bodoni and printed in Verona at the Stamperia Valdonega by Giovanni Mardersteig who signs here [signature]. The illustrations have been drawn in Milan by Aldo Salvadori, who here signs [signature]. The edition consists of fifteen hundred copies made for members of The Limited Editions Club this being copy number [in ms] J.D." Quarter bound in blue leather with brown paper sides over boards. In slipcase - book with plain dust jacket.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 213-2003
Primary reference Number: 95618

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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