(Lautréamont). SOUPAULT (Philippe).Livre Rare Book
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Strenna Italiana per l'anno 1838. Anno V.
1838ref. 339910Milano: P. Ripamonti Carpano 1838. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Text in Italian. Quarto. pp. iv 280 4. With 7 engraved plates frontispiece title page and five plates in text. Bound in contemporary mottled calf gilt spine and turn-ins white silk moiré endpapers all edges gilt. An impressive armorial binding of King Louis Philippe I of France with his crown and name in an ornate metal relief design affixed to the front board. Professionally re-jointed with the original binding fully preserved modest chipping to the edges of the front free endpaper and fly leaf scattered foxing very good. The Strenna Italiana was a popular literary gift annual of Italian poetry and prose: this copy was likely given by Louis Philippe as a gift to an important political ally personal friend or dignitary. A scarce unique copy intended to display Louis Philippe's armorial binding conspicuously on a tabletop. P. Ripamonti Carpano hardcover
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA · Estados UnidosUS$ 7.500,00≈ € 6.713,21
