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This the first American Edition is very good to excellent shape with dust cover. Copyright on the book is 1981, printed by Abbeville. Hardcover, dust jacket present. "Easily one of the strangest books ever published, THE CODEX SERAPHINIANUS is written entirely in a mysterious and as-of-yet undeciphered language. However, the numerous illustrations provide insights into the flora, fauna, inhabitants, and society of a non-existent world. These fantastic and whimsical drawings show skeletons being reassembled into people, fish that resemble eyes, a man and woman copulating and slowly turning into an alligator, the animals that make up a rainbow, and other wonderfully weird examples of an alien reality. First released in a limited Italian edition in 1981, the book has periodically been published in France, Spain, and the United States.
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Luigi Serafini is an architect, ceramist, glazier, painter, sculptor, designer, opera director, set designer, and critic who works in Italy and abroad. In 2007, the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Milan dedicated a successful mostra ontological (ontological exhibition) to him. He has illustrated works by Franz Kafka and Michael Ende.
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Abbeville, 1993
ISBN 10: 0896594289
ISBN 13: 9780896594289
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First American Edition. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked. Lightly handled copy with excellent dust jacket in mylar cover. Note that due to the size and weight of this book, shipping may require additional postage, particularly international shipping. Seller Inventory # ABE-1779648546604
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Codex Seraphinianus
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Abbeville Press, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289
ISBN 13: 9780896594289
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Clothbound folio. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Stated first American edition. Black cloth boards lightly bumped at bottom corners. Very Light edge wear to dust jacket; jacket in mylar protector. **Due to size and weight of book international shipping may require additional funds.**. Seller Inventory # 6924
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Codex Seraphinianus
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Abbeville Press, Printed in Italy, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289
ISBN 13: 9780896594289
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Cloth over boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First American edition. Hardcover cloth (black) over boards with complete d/j. 4to. Unpaginated, roughly 300 pages. Illustrated entirely with vibrant full colour drawings. Title stamped in gilt on the spine with a blind version on the front board. Text block is clean, unmarked, and square with a strong binding. Spine and boards unblemished. The dustjacket (illustrated paper) has two small chips missing from the back fore edge. A book in fine condition with a very good d/j. Seller Inventory # 67464
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Codex Seraphinianus
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Abbeville Press, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289
ISBN 13: 9780896594289
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Seller: Books Boheme, Tempe, AZ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. :: The Codex presents the creative vision of this time in a flowing and undeciphered script, illustrated with vibrantly colored pictures of fantastic creatures - the accumulated wisdom of an imaginary, parallel world that is at once bizarre and strangely familiar. :: Bound in publisher's deepest-black cloth, front board bears title blind-stamped. Title and publisher lettered upon spine in gold. Folio (13 15/16 x 9 1/2 inches; 354 x 239 millimeters). II222I pages. Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Single notable flaw - discoloration at the foot of spine and a little along the bottom of the boards. Please see our photographs. Dust jacket exhibits mild edge-wear along top of rear panel. Seller Inventory # 854
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Codex Seraphinianus
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ISBN 10: 0896594289
ISBN 13: 9780896594289
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Large quarto. (14" x 9 1/2") Unpaginated. Very nice copy bound in black cloth and in dust jacket. A bizarre work of fantastical imagery. Reminiscent of Escher. Seller Inventory # 57974
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Codex seraphinianus
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated First American Edition, Very Good Plus/Near Fine, in protective brodart cover, text tight clean unmarked, there is a machine defect about a third of the way through the text where the page wasn't cut at the top tip so two pages are attached still but certainly can be cut, boards new looking and undamaged, NO age toning, dust jacket clean and undamaged with just a speck of edge wear at top front and bottom rear tips, when viewed from the side the fore-edge of text block shows a little waviness probably from tightness of binding? there is absolutely no moisture exposure involved, 1983 first edition of collector's item. Seller Inventory # 38196
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1983 First American edition large hardcover in jacket, illustrated. Looks unread but exhibits faint age toning to edges. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Seller Inventory # 118941
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Hard cover. American ed. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 250 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0011079
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. First American Edition, Mylar Wrapped Dust Jacket. Seller Inventory # FORT866934
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