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Codex Seraphinianus (2 Volumes)
by Luigi Serafini
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 8821600262
- ISBN 13
- 9788821600265
- Seller
-
Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Milano: Franco Maria Ricci, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. Signed by Author. 35cm x 24cm. 2 volumes, colour illustrations. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated onlay, 2 clamshell folders, original shipping cartons. The first edition of the ever mysterious Codex Seraphinianus by Italian artist Luigi Serafini (1949-). Possibly an illustrated encyclopaedia of an alternate universe, Serafini has alluded that it is perhaps all just the thoughts of a cat passed through his hand. The Codex is written in an imaginary language and illustrated phantasmagorically throughout. This being the true first edition published in 2 volumes by Italian art publisher Franco Maria Ricci. This copy numbered 2295 and signed by Serafini to the colophon of volume 2, with the original trilingual letter from the editor laid in, together with a FMR catalogue, several photocopied Italian newspaper clippings related to the Codex, as well as the deluxe edition of the only published volume of literary criticism in English on the Codex Seraphinianus, Confronting Serafini by Jordan Hunter (2017), all housed in the original shipping cartons. Confronting Serafini is a 36 page book hand-bound with treated pages from the 2013 Rizzoli edition of the Codex, signed and numbered in a limited edition of 10, of which this is number 10. Very minor rubbing to corners of volume 2. Shipped Weight: 4.07 kilos. Signed by Author. ISBN: 8821600262. ISBN/EAN: 9788821600265. BZDB407 Art & Design; Signed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 8821600262 EAN: 9788821600265 Luigi Serafini Codex Seraphinianus (2 Volumes)
Reviews
On May 11 2021, a reader said:
Not so much read, but looked at. As it's the most weirdest book ever written. But every page is fascinating and intriguing. Worth looking through at least once
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0030973
- Title
- Codex Seraphinianus (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Luigi Serafini
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 8821600262
- ISBN 13
- 9788821600265
- Publisher
- Franco Maria Ricci
- Place of Publication
- Milano
- Date Published
- 1981
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB
Biblio member since 2014
Woolloongabba, Queensland
About Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB
The Book Merchant Jenkins is a general antiquarian bookstore in West End, Brisbane, buying and selling new, secondhand, and rare books with a focus on Sexuality, LGBTIQ+, Ethnopharmacology, Dance, Performance, and Art.
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