Apollo and Pegasus. An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library.

HOBSON, ANTHONY

ISBN 10: 9060240758 / ISBN 13: 9789060240755

Published by Amsterdam, Gérard Th. van Heusden. 1975, 1975

About this Item

Original publisher's dark-blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering on red label spin, blindstamped ornament frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to: coloured frontispiece, xviij, 250pp., [ij], 1 other coloured plate, 50 text-illustrations, family tree Grimaldi family, 32 page-large bl. & wh. plates, list plates & figures, abbreviations, index Apollo & Pegasus bindings, index books printed before 1600 and manuscripts, general index. Very finhe copy., Printed in 652 copies. This in nr 204 of 250 numbered & signed copies for subscribers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Apollo and Pegasus. An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library.
• Publisher: Amsterdam, Gérard Th. van Heusden. 1975
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9060240758
• ISBN 13: 9789060240755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

First edition, limited to 620 copies; signed by Hobson. Brenni no.1034 . Geoffrey Hobson, Anthony Hobson's father, had written about the 16th century plaquettes of Apollo and Pegasus in his MAIOLI, CANEVARI AND OTHERS. This updated work identifies the three Roman binders, Luigi, Franzese and Guillery, contains a list of Apollo and Pegasus bindings along with their provenance and gives more information on the Genoese owner of the collection. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. xviii, 250, 2 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..