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The Merchant of Prato Francesco di Marco Datini 1335-1410
by Origo, Iris
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knoff, 1957. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 inches]. 22, 415, vii, [i] pp. Illustrated with a color printed frontispiece, 3 color plates, and 24 black and white illustrations in the text. Bound in publisher's black cloth, title in gilt on upper board and spine, dust jacket; jacket with minor chipping at edges and head and tail of spine; book plate of Gene Burdett.
First American edition of Iris Origo's masterpiece of research and writing, excavating for a diverse reading public from original sources, the life and times of a cloth merchant in Prato during the 14th century. Much more than a simple biography, Origo brings to life the cities of Prato and Florence and the business and governments that were evolving during the early years of the Italian Renaissance. A standard work.
First American edition of Iris Origo's masterpiece of research and writing, excavating for a diverse reading public from original sources, the life and times of a cloth merchant in Prato during the 14th century. Much more than a simple biography, Origo brings to life the cities of Prato and Florence and the business and governments that were evolving during the early years of the Italian Renaissance. A standard work.
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- Bookseller
- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1109
- Title
- The Merchant of Prato Francesco di Marco Datini 1335-1410
- Author
- Origo, Iris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knoff
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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About the Seller
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About De Simone Company, Booksellers
De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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