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Petrarch and the ancient world / by Pierre de Nolhac.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nolhac, Pierre de, 1859-1936, author.
- Series:
- Humanists' library ; 3.
- The humanists' library ; III
- Standardized Title:
- Pétrarque et l'humanisme. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374--Knowledge and learning.
- Petrarca, Francesco.
- Virgil.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Classical literature--Appreciation--Italy.
- Classical literature.
- Italy--Intellectual life--1268-1559.
- Italy.
- Italian poetry--Classical influences.
- Italian poetry.
- Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
- Literature.
- Classical literature--Appreciation.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printers' devices (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Deckled edges (Paper)
- Unopened edges (Paper)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Montallegro.
- Case bindings (Binding)
- Untrimmed edges (Binding)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 120, [2] pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston, Massachusetts] : Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston, Massachusetts, in the month of December MDCCCCVII [1907]
- Contents:
- I. Petrarch as initiator of the Renaissance
- II. Petrarch's library
- III. Petrarch and his masters, Virgil and Cicero.
- Notes:
- Translated from the author's Pétrarque et l'humanisme.
- Imprint from colophon.
- "Of this volume, with types & decorations by Herbert P. Horne, CCCIII copies were printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston, Massachusetts, in the month of December, MDCCCCVII."--Colophon
- Title page printed in red and black; text in black with shoulder notes in red.
- Printer's device at colophon.
- "Type, Montallegro."--Updike.
- Binding: quarter tan cloth over dark green boards; gold-stamped brown leather spine label ("PETRARCH & THE ANCIENT WORLD DENOLHAC"); deckled edges with fore- and tail edges untrimmed.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: leaves unopened at head edge.
- Cited in:
- Updike, D.B. Notes on the Merrymount Press and its work, 286 (page 134)
- OCLC:
- 1202515
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