A Letter in Praise of Verona by Barduzzi, Bernardino - 1974

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1974. Pp. 56(last blank)+[2](colophon), printed in red, blue & black, 3 coloured text decorations (including a large initial), 2 full page tinted drawings of an inscription by Felice Feliciano; roy. 8vo; qr. vellum, blue patterned papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut; within a blue card slipcase, edges and spine faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1974. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies on handmade paper. Barr 94. *With the original prospectus (including a sample page) loosely inserted. Barduzzi was a Florentine theologian who visited Verona to preach there. His letter to fellow Franciscan Joannes Nesci is a rare fifteenth century description of an Italian town, and only two copies of the 1489 original survive. Originally printed without decorations, the coloured ornaments in this edition are copied from manuscripts written in the 1460s by Felice Feliciano, one of the most important calligraphers… Read More

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1974. quarter vellum with blue Roma paper sides with woodcut pattern in white, top edge gilt, slipcase. Officina Bodoni. tall 8vo. quarter vellum with blue Roma paper sides with woodcut pattern in white, top edge gilt, slipcase. 55, (3) pages. In the original Latin text with an English translation by Betty Radice. Limited to 150 numbered copies. (Schmoller 190). Fine in a lightly unevenly faded slipcase. Printed on Pescia mould-made paper by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in yellow, red and black. Postscript by Giovanni Mardersteig translated into English by Hans Schmoller. Reprint and translation of one of the rarest of Italian incunabula, Barduzzi's letter to Giovanni Nesi, printed in 1489 by Paulus Fridenperger, Verona's last 15th century printer. This version contains the little known decorations added by Felice Feliciano which were used for the first reprint of the 1489 edition. Feliciano was, according to Mardersteig, one of the most important Italian… Read More

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1974. quarter vellum with blue Roma paper sides with woodcut pattern in white, top edge gilt, slipcase. Officina Bodoni. tall 8vo. quarter vellum with blue Roma paper sides with woodcut pattern in white, top edge gilt, slipcase. 55, (3) pages. In the original Latin text with an English translation by Betty Radice. Limited to 150 numbered copies. (Schmoller 190). Near fine in near fine slipcase. Printed on Pescia mould-made paper by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in yellow, red and black. Postscript by Giovanni Mardersteig translated into English by Hans Schmoller. Reprint and translation of one of the rarest of Italian incunabula, Barduzzi's letter to Giovanni Nesi, printed in 1489 by Paulus Fridenperger, Verona's last 15th century printer. This version contains the little known decorations added by Felice Feliciano which were used for the first reprint of the 1489 edition. Feliciano was, according to Mardersteig, one of the most important Italian calligraphers… Read More