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Guarini G.

Pastor Fido di Giambatista Guarini [text in Italian throughout]. EARLY LIMITED EDITION

Dulau, London, 1800

211.60 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1800
Author
Guarini G.
Publishers
Dulau, London
Keyword
literature, italian literature, pastoral poetry, g. guarini, literature, pastor, fido, di, giambatista, guarini, text, italian, throughout
Languages
English

Description

2 vols., in 1, 8vo., attractively bound in contemporary full calf, very neatly rebacked, old backstrip elaborately tooled and ruled in gilt laid down, original leather label lettered in gilt, gilt doublures, speckled edges, boards age-marked, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES.With the eighteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Margaret Maskelyne on front paste-down, and her holograph signature dated 1802 on title of each book. It is possible that this Margaret Maskelyne is the mother (1786-1858) of Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, noted mineralogist and politician.A VERY EARLY FORMALLY LIMITED EDITION OF GUARINI'S GREAT PASTORAL TRAGICOMEDY, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1590.