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Benedetto Trionfante Auction House S.r.l.

439 - FOUR MISCELLANEOUS EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VOLUMES: 1) Fr. Nicolas Jamin (1711–1782) *The Fruit of My Readings* by Fr. Jamin of the Congregation of St. Maurus, ed. Venice 1805, by Zanardi. Work in 2 volumes in 24° format. Contemporary half-leather bindings, with marbled covers, titles, gold fillets, and friezes on the spine. In more than fair condition. pp. 322; 345. 2) Torquato Tasso AMINTA, A FOREST FABLE BY TORQUATO TASSO, ed., Paris: Pierre Didot the Elder and Firmin Didot, Year VIII (1800). Stereotype edition. Small 16mo. Includes the text of Torquato Tasso’s forest fable, preceded by a preface by Abbot Pierantonio Serassi and supplemented by the *Intermedi* and *Amore fuggitivo*. In more than fair condition. pp. XVIII, 99. 3) Paolo Costa (1771–1836), *On Eloquence*, published in Turin by G. B. Paravia, 1874. In 16°. The text focuses on the “art of perfect writing,” exploring fundamental concepts of the Italian language such as clarity, elegance, harmony, the use of metaphor, and the definition of style. Ex libris of Marquis Ottavio Lazise Fumanelli. Contemporary binding in full stiff percallina with titles and fillets embossed in gold on the spine. Volume in more than good condition. 112 pp.

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FOUR MISCELLANEOUS EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VOLUMES: 1) Fr. Nicolas Jamin (1711–1782) *The Fruit of My Readings* by Fr. Jamin of the Congregation of St. Maurus, ed. Venice 1805, by Zanardi. Work in 2 volumes in 24° format. Contemporary half-leather bindings, with marbled covers, titles, gold fillets, and friezes on the spine. In more than fair condition. pp. 322; 345. 2) Torquato Tasso AMINTA, A FOREST FABLE BY TORQUATO TASSO, ed., Paris: Pierre Didot the Elder and Firmin Didot, Year VIII (1800). Stereotype edition. Small 16mo. Includes the text of Torquato Tasso’s forest fable, preceded by a preface by Abbot Pierantonio Serassi and supplemented by the *Intermedi* and *Amore fuggitivo*. In more than fair condition. pp. XVIII, 99. 3) Paolo Costa (1771–1836), *On Eloquence*, published in Turin by G. B. Paravia, 1874. In 16°. The text focuses on the “art of perfect writing,” exploring fundamental concepts of the Italian language such as clarity, elegance, harmony, the use of metaphor, and the definition of style. Ex libris of Marquis Ottavio Lazise Fumanelli. Contemporary binding in full stiff percallina with titles and fillets embossed in gold on the spine. Volume in more than good condition. 112 pp.

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Vintage Posters & Antique Books
Friday, October 30
03:30 PM
V.le Regione Siciliana N.O. 4975
90146 Palerme, Italy

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