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Anne Basanoff
Itinerario Della Carta Dall’Oriente all’Occidente e Sua Diffusione in Europa
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Milan, Italy, Edizioni il Polifilio, 1965, Plain stiff wraps, slip case
LIMITED FIRST EDITION of 2,000 copies, Fine
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Milan, Italy: Edizioni il Polifilio, (1965).
Series: Documenti Sulle Arti del Libro, Collezione Promossa Dalla Cartiera Ventura, No. IV.
Folio. 13 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches. (94) pp. Text in Italian, series half-title, half-title, tables, 15 plates (4 color, 1 colored paper sample tipped-in, 2 paper samples with watermarks tipped-in, 1 folding map), 119 figures, bibliography, index; text clean, unmarked. Plain stiff wraps, with brown printed fold-over dust-jacket which in turn is covered is glassine cover, slip case; binding square and tight, some minor foxing to the glassine. LH823-065. Fine.
LIMITED EDITION of 2,000 copies, this is one of 200 un-numbered copies printed on specially made paper manufactured at the Cartiera Ventura. An authoritative overview of the history of the transmission of paper from its invention in the Orient and its transmission to the West, with special emphasis on its diffusion throughout Europe by the Iranian-born authority on the book arts, Anne Basanoff.
Well represented in OCLC.
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