Villa D'Este
by Podenzani, Nino
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Milano: Ariel, 1950 Hard cover, 4to, (8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches) in half vellum with cream paper-covered boards with title and colored coat of arms in gilt to top board, top edge gilt, 107 pp. with slipcase. 22 color reproduction illustrations laid in. In English. This appears to be a gift or momento book celebrating the northern Italian luxury hotel on Lake Como, complete with a breezy recounting of the original inhabitants, famous-- and infamous-- guests, and views of its expansive gardens. (This is not the Villa D'Este near Rome, however, with an even more famous renaissance garden). Condition: Very Good Plus in a Very Good slipcase. Tanning to the vellum spine, and light age toning to the pages. A former owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Some small wear to slipcase.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8826
- Title
- Villa D'Este
- Author
- Podenzani, Nino
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Publisher
- Ariel
- Place of Publication
- Milano
- Date Published
- 1950
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- 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. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...