Auction archive: Lot number 49

Officina Bodoni.- Ovidius Naso (Publius) Amores..., one of 120 copies, printed in Arrighi italic with initials by hand in red, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1932.

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Auction archive: Lot number 49

Officina Bodoni.- Ovidius Naso (Publius) Amores..., one of 120 copies, printed in Arrighi italic with initials by hand in red, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1932.

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Price realised:
n. a.
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Officina Bodoni.- Ovidius Naso (Publius) Amores..., one of 120 copies, printed in Arrighi italic with title and colophon in red and black, with initials supplied by hand in red by Claudio Bonacini, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket (spine browned, slightly frayed at edges), original cloth slip-case (a little spotted), 8vo, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1932. ⁂ A beautiful production; the delicate initials perfectly balance the elegant type.

Auction archive: Lot number 49
Beschreibung:

Officina Bodoni.- Ovidius Naso (Publius) Amores..., one of 120 copies, printed in Arrighi italic with title and colophon in red and black, with initials supplied by hand in red by Claudio Bonacini, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket (spine browned, slightly frayed at edges), original cloth slip-case (a little spotted), 8vo, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1932. ⁂ A beautiful production; the delicate initials perfectly balance the elegant type.

Auction archive: Lot number 49
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