[Rarebooks] FS: "The Emblem Books of Andrea Alciato. A Leaf Book" (w/leaf from the 1589 Latin ed.) Pub. by Bird & Bull Press in 2007

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(LEAF BOOKS) Bregman, Alvan. EMBLEMATA. The Emblem Books of Andrea Alciato. A Leaf Book. With Eight New Emblems by Henricus de Nova Villa. Newton, MA: Bird & Bull Press. 2007. 8vo. 128,(16)pp. With numerous illustrations, some printed in red. Edition limited to 140 numbered copies (#60). With an original woodcut illus. leaf, from the 1589 Latin edition, with a printed slip containing the Latin verse and its English translation. A fine copy in publisher's dark blue morocco spine over red linen, with a printed label on the front cover. Housed in a slipcase, as published.  Most of this small edition was acquired by institutional libraries.      $300.00 (trade discount allowed)

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