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Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. cloth, regular and oblong quarto, in custom slipcase. 10.6 x 13.75 inches. cloth, regular and oblong quarto, in custom slipcase. 141 pp. (text); 231 pp. (facsimile). 231 color plates. 2 VOLUMES. This work unites the Rothschild Alunno, now in the Cotsen Children's Library, with Alunno's remaining work from four European collections and reconstructs the original appearance of the cartoni by the preeminent 15th century Italian writing master. The cartoni are presented in full color facsimile, with a text revealing the results of Nicolas Barker's more than fifty years of researches into the identity, associations, and achievements of Francesco Alunno. The scholarly apparatus provides a complete catalogue of the cartoni, with transcriptions and translations of source documents concerning Alunno and his milieu, with special reference to Pietro Aretino. Regular and oblong quarto, 231 color plates, in custom slipcase and printed mailing folder. Limited to 300 copies.
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The Glory of the Art of Writing: The Calligraphic Work of Francesco Alunno of Ferrara (2 Vols.) Hardcover - 2009
by Nicolas Barker
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- Title The Glory of the Art of Writing: The Calligraphic Work of Francesco Alunno of Ferrara (2 Vols.)
- Author Nicolas Barker
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1ST
- Pages 372
- Volumes 2
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cotsen Occasional Press, Los Angeles
- Date 2009
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780974516837 / 097451683X
- Library of Congress subjects Alunno, Francesco, Calligraphers - Italy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010280189
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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