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Volpi (Gaetano) La Libreria de' Volpi, e la Stamperia Cominiana illustrate con utili e curiose...
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Volpi (Gaetano) La Libreria de' Volpi, e la Stamperia Cominiana illustrate con utili e curiose annotazioni, first edition, [one of 200 copies], title with engraved printer's device, engraved Volpi arms at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, vellum backed contemporary 'carta rustica', edges uncut, [Bigmore & Wyman III, 548, 'very rare'; Peignot pp.131-132], 8vo, Padua, Guiseppe Comino, 1756.
*** Anthony Hobson's copy of the complete catalogue of the Vulpiorum Bibliothecæ Domesticæ, followed by a list of all the Comino Press editions to date.
Provenance: Anthony Hobson (1921-2014), book auctioneer, book historian (particularly bindings) and bibliophile (armorial bookplate).
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