Thesauro de Scrittori by Carpi, Ugo Da; Potter, Esther [intro.] - 1968

Nattali & Maurice, 1968. First THUS. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket is sunned on the edges and spine, wear at corners and head/tail of spine, price clipped. Blue patterned paper boards (numerical design) with white spine are clean, a little crunching at head/tail. Interior fine condition. All orders packed with care, dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011

London: Nattali & Maurice. Very Good/Very Good. 1968. Hard Cover. 8vo 0370001699 Dust jacket unclipped, slight wear to edges, now in a clear protective sleeve. Cream spine with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. xiv, 98 pages clean and tight. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY Esther Potter. This is the first facsimile of Ugo da Carpi's writing manual containing his own recuttings of examples from the manuals of Sigismondo Fanti,.Arrighi and Tagliente. Da Carpi also includes the Abbaco of Angelus Mutinensis. The decoration on the boards m and title page of the present edition are from these tables. Esther Potter describes this variant copy of the 1535 edition identifying the sources of da Carpi's material and describing the copyright quarrel between Arrighi and himself. The facsimile is made from an unsophisticated copy which originally consisted of two leaves extra ' to the normal edition. One of these leaves is missing but has been reproduced in the… Read More

Nattali & Maurice , 1968. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0370001699

Nattali & Maurice , 1968. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square, strong joints. Complete with original dustjacket, slightly rubbed, now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels, save a former bookplate at the paste-down. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.