Auction 354 Old & Rare Books - Various subjects
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BODONI -- DE ROSSI, G.B. Della vana aspettazione degli Ebrei del loro Re Messia dal compimento di tutte le epoche. Parma, Dalla Stamperia Reale (=G. Bodoni), 1773. (8), xv, 244 pp. W. woodcut headpieces, dedication to 'Vittorio Amedeo III, re di Sardegna' printed with calligraphic type. 4°. Cont. full sprinkled cf. w. richly dec. gilt back (last compartment with gilt B), single blindtooled fillet border on both sides & red edges. (Slightly foxed).

Nicely executed Bodoni imprint of a largely linguistic treatise on the Jewish belief on the return of the Messiah before the end of time by De Rossi (1742 - 1813), a renowned Oriental linguist in 18th century Italy. Bodoni's beautiful typography is especially evident in the dedication, but also throughout the treatise in the Hebraic script. - Brooks 41.

€ 300

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