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Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A prospectus for the upcoming publication by Arion Press (in 1991) of a book that was to include the translated sonnets of Guido Cavalcanti, an Italian poet that lived at the close of the twelfth and the beginning of the thirteenth century. Details on this deluxe limited edition are presented, as is a sample of the Italian handmade paper that will be used in the book. Information is also included on the translator of the sonnets (Ezra Pound), the writer of the introductory essay (Hugh Kenner) that will be a part of the book and on Lowry Nelson, Jr., who edited the Italian texts, prepared prose translations and commentaries. The book was also scheduled to have an etching in color done by Joseph Goldyne, and a reduced version of this illustration appears in this prospectus on the first page as a tipped-in plate. The prospectus also has a short essay on this artist and his work. Measures 6.25" x 9" with 12 pages. A separate one-page announcement from Arion Press is included, and provides additional information on the upcoming publication of this important book. The first page of this prospectus has a red stamp that indicates it was at some point in time, a part of the 'Art in America' library. Other than this mark, there are no other marks of any kind in this prospectus and the contents is clean and intact.
Seller: Manian Enterprises, Nashua, NH, U.S.A.
Cavalcanti, Guido. Thirty-three sonnets of Guido Cavalcanti. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1991.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 85 unnumbered pages : 1 color illustration. Quarter tan morocco over green silk covered boards. Binding fresh, corners sharp, two inconspicuous scratches to front board, sunning to head of rear board; six-line gift inscription at head of front pastedown else contents as new. Number 121 of 150 copies. 1160 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.