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Boston: David Godine, 1991. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes in slipcase.As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. WorldCat locates 10 copies. Printed by Bodoni for Marie Luise and Napoleon to celebrate birth of their son; consists of poems based on neoclassical themes by Gherardo de' Rossi. Limited to four hundred copies for the members of Hoc Volo of which this is copy no. 65. First U. S. edition. I. "Cimelio Tipografico-pittorico Offerto agli Augustissimi Genitori del Re di Roma." Consists of poems by Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi; miniature paintings by Antonio Pasini, engraved by Francesco Rosaspina. Facsimile. Originally published: Parma : Co'tipi Bodoniani, 1811. 87 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 39 cm. Accompanied by: Il. "The Cimelio di Bodoni" : the work and its printer in essays by Angelo Ciavarella, Corrado Mingardi, James Mosley, Bernard Chevallier. A translation of the original French and Italian essays into English. 74 p. : ill.,… Read More