[Rarebooks] FS: Virgil's GEORGICS with Beautiful Wood Engravings by Bruno Bramanti

[Charles Agvent]

VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO). THE GEORGICS. Verona: Limited Editions 
Club, 1952. Small quarto (8-1/2" x 12") bound with a green Italian 
buckram spine with the title stamped in gold leaf and sides covered with 
a hand-made and hand-printed brown-and-green Varese paper; 168 pages. 
Translated into English verse by John Dryden with an introduction by 
George F. Whicher. Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and printed at the 
Officina Bodoni. Illustrated with wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti, the 
prints pulled directly from the blocks. Of a total edition of 1500 
copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 
Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on 
the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.M." are 
handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most 
likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. Spine a little sunned. 
Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. A lovely book. (#016589) $150.00

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