The Georgics The Limited Editions Club Edition Signed
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"A great fire, unless you feed it, spends its rage in vain": The Limited Editions Club Edition of Virgil's The Georgics; signed by engraver Bruno Bramanti and printer Giovanni Mardersteig
PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO [VIRGIL]; BRUNO BRAMANTI [ILLUSTRATOR]; GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG [PRINTER],.
The Georgics.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Virgil's classic didactic poem. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with black and white wood engravings. Boldly signed by engraver Bruno Bramanti and printer Giovanni Mardersteig of Verona at the Officina Bodoni on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Translated into English verse by prominent English translator, playwright, and poet John Dryden. Illustrated by Bruno Bramanti.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 148543
