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Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World
by D'Epiro, Peter and Desmond Pinkowish
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New York: Anchor Books, 2001. 8vo. 205 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 1/4 inches]. [14], 396 pp. Illustrated with a map of Italy. Paperback binding.
Biographies of fifty eminent Italians in the arts, sciences, and government who had an impact on the development of modern Italy and the world.
Biographies of fifty eminent Italians in the arts, sciences, and government who had an impact on the development of modern Italy and the world.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- 930
- Title
- Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World
- Author
- D'Epiro, Peter and Desmond Pinkowish
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
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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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