I proverbi del Re Salomone tradotti in versi toscani dal Conte Gio. Bartolommeo Casaregi

Features

Author:  Gio. Bartolommeo Casaregi

Publisher:  Stamperia Imperiale

Place of printing:  Florence

Year of publication:  1751

Product Condition:
Example in good condition. Full parchment binding with golden titles, partly faded, on the spine: dust spots, abrasions at the corners, missing caps and numerous worm holes on the spine. The binding is slightly loose between the reverse of the title page and §2. Pasteplates and endpapers with blooms; numerous worm holes on the rear backplate. Ex libris paper piece in the center of the front pastedown and paper piece with coat of arms and motto in the center of the rear pastedown. Cuts sprayed with specks of dust; dark brown head cuts. Collational formula: §- §§⁸, §§§¹², A-I⁸. Very well preserved papers with minimal foxing; minimal pencil annotations on the front of the first flyleaf and on the title page. Missing frontispiece. Other minimal imperfections should be noted: tear at the upper margin in §8; hole in C in correspondence with the signature; E7 and E8 papers with portion of the upper internal corner glued. Introduction in Latin, French and Italian. Preface and text in Italian.

Pages:  LVI,142,(2)

Format:  Eighth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  20
Width:  14

Description

The text of the Proverbs of King Solomon translated by Casaregi is preceded, as indicated in the dedicatory letter of Anton Francesco Gori, who signs the preface, to Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini, by the French Idyll Les Arbres, by Paul Desforges-Maillard, in his text French and in the Latin version by the same cardinal with the translation by Casaregi. Giovanni Bartolomeo Casaregi (Genoa 1676 – Lucca 1755), academic of Crusca, was founder of the Genoese Arcadia, poet and critic. Beautiful engraved ornamental elements, on the title page, drop caps, headers and finials, embellish the text

Product availability

Immediate availability
Ready for delivery within 2 working days from ordering the product.