Francesco Petrarca - Epistolae Autographae quae exstant - Stamperia Valdonega (Mardersteig) - Hors-Commerce - 1968

Codice archivio: 99579245

Luxurious folio edition, printed under the care of Giovanni Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega and published by the Antenore Publishing House in Padua.

Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, plus a small quantity of hors-commerce copies intended for archives and institutions. This is an out-of-commerce copy, perfectly preserved.

The volume reproduces in facsimile, with extreme typographical and photographic fidelity, 20 handwritten letters by Petrarch, mainly sourced from the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence and the Seminario Vescovile in Padua.
The work is accompanied by the critical text, the apparatus, and the list of plates, all set in Dante typeface, the typical font used in Giovanni Mardersteig's philological editions.

Colophon reported in full.
Printed by the Stamperia Valdonega of Verona in one thousand numbered copies, under the care of Giovanni Mardersteig, for the Editrice Antenore of Padua – August 1968.

Binding: original editorial cloth.
Condition: excellent, fresh pages, no structural defect, paper perfectly white.
Format: large folio

Fundamental work for those who collect Valdonega, Mardersteig, medieval philology, and Italian humanism.


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Archive code: 99579245

Francesco Petrarch – Autograph Letters that Survive – Valdonega Press, Verona – 1968.
Magnificent large-folio edition printed under the supervision of Giovanni Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, and published by Editrice Antenore (Padua).

The edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies, plus a small number of hors-commerce copies reserved for archives and institutions.
This is a non-commercial copy, in outstanding condition.

The volume reproduces, in highly accurate facsimile, 20 autograph letters by Petrarch, mainly preserved at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence and at the Episcopal Seminary of Padua.
The critical text and apparatus are set in Dante type, the characteristic philological typeface of Mardersteig’s Valdonega.

Colophon (full transcription)
Printed by the Stamperia Valdonega of Verona in one thousand numbered copies, under the supervision of Giovanni Mardersteig, for Editrice Antenore of Padua – August 1968.

Binding: original cloth
Condition: excellent, clean pages, no faults, perfectly preserved.
Format: large folio

A key work for collectors of Valdonega, Mardersteig, medieval philology, and Italian humanism.


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