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Two volumes in slipcase.As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. WorldCat locates 10 copies. Printed by Bodoni for Marie Luise and Napoleon to celebrate birth of their son; consists of poems based on neoclassical themes by Gherardo de' Rossi. Limited to four hundred copies for the members of Hoc Volo of which this is copy no. 65. First U. S. edition. I. "Cimelio Tipografico-pittorico Offerto agli Augustissimi Genitori del Re di Roma." Consists of poems by Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi; miniature paintings by Antonio Pasini, engraved by Francesco Rosaspina. Facsimile. Originally published: Parma : Co'tipi Bodoniani, 1811. 87 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 39 cm. Accompanied by: Il. "The Cimelio di Bodoni" : the work and its printer in essays by Angelo Ciavarella, Corrado Mingardi, James Mosley, Bernard Chevallier. A translation of the original French and Italian essays into English. 74 p. : ill., fascims. ; 39 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Colophon, "Cimelio" di Bodoni."This edition, designed and realized by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, consists of two volumes: the facsimile for which Bodoni's texts were printed ... and the commentary, printed in letterpress and offset on Fedrigoni Bodonia paper." Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!