Osservazioni tipografiche sopra libri impressi in Piemonte nel secolo XV.
Bassano: Tipografia Remondiniana, 1807. Item #1122 8vo. 215 x 135 mm., (8 ½ x 5 1/4/inches). 91 pp. 19th century decorated stiff paper wrappers from Remondini. With the ex-libris of Tammaro De Marinis. Very nice copy Rare history of printing in the Piedmont, based on his short essays published in 1778 and 1787 under the title, Lezione Sopra la Stampa, but greatly expanded. It is the first work of its kind to focus on Piedmont printing and it was published over 100 years before Francesco Cosintini’s work was published in Torino in 1914. Vernazza includes biographies of Jean Glim and Christophe Beggiamo, early printers in the Piedmont. Brunet V, p. 1144, “tiré à petit nombre”. Bigmore & Wyman III, p. 48. No copies of this edition are listed in OCLC.
Price: $900.00