Oratio Habita in Gymnasio Patavino..
by VOLPI, Giovanni Antonio
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- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
Padua: [Cominus Press], 1737. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut devices on title and last leaf. Beautiful initials, head- and tailpiece, printer's device on colophon. Original quarter vellum over marbled boards; wide-margined copy on heavy paper. Only copy of this finely produced publication of the Comino Press in Padua, founded by the brothers Volpi. Giovanni Antonio Volpi (1686-1766), Italian printer and classical scholar, established a press called Libreria Volpi-Cominiana (fl. 1717-1756) in conjunction with the printer Comino. For many years he was a professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Padua, and author of Latin poems and other works. From this celebrated press he issued excellent editions of the classics in very small editions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1229
- Title
- Oratio Habita in Gymnasio Patavino..
- Author
- VOLPI, Giovanni Antonio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- [Cominus Press]
- Place of Publication
- Padua
- Date Published
- 1737
- Keywords
- typography and printing, classics, oration, italian imprints, 18th century
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Sherman Oaks, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...