Author: Giovanni Battista Guarini
Title: IL Pastor Fido Tragi-Commedia Pastorale
Description: Paris, Didot; Gio. Cl. Molini, 1782 . Leather. A late eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Battista Guarini's tragicomedy, in a full calf binding. In the original Italian.With the armorial bookplate of British diplomat and sinologist Sir Thomas Francis Wade to the front pastedown. Wade was the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University, and produced an early Chinese textbook in English.A pastoral tragicomedy set in Arcadia, Guarini's work in one of the best known plays of the seventeenth century, and concerns the sacrifice of a virgin to satisfy the demands of the gods. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing. Small worm holes to the back strip and front board, penetrating to front pastedown and text block. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright. Light worming to gutter of title page to page 27, with further worming to the gutter of pages 309 to rear endpapers. Worming does not affect text. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Thomas Francis Wade sinology Il pastor fido The Faithfull Shepherd sinology None
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Title: IL Pastor Fido Tragi-Commedia Pastorale
Description: Paris, Didot; Gio. Cl. Molini, 1782 . Leather. A late eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Battista Guarini's tragicomedy, in a full calf binding. In the original Italian.With the armorial bookplate of British diplomat and sinologist Sir Thomas Francis Wade to the front pastedown. Wade was the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University, and produced an early Chinese textbook in English.A pastoral tragicomedy set in Arcadia, Guarini's work in one of the best known plays of the seventeenth century, and concerns the sacrifice of a virgin to satisfy the demands of the gods. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing. Small worm holes to the back strip and front board, penetrating to front pastedown and text block. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright. Light worming to gutter of title page to page 27, with further worming to the gutter of pages 309 to rear endpapers. Worming does not affect text. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Thomas Francis Wade sinology Il pastor fido The Faithfull Shepherd sinology None
Price: GBP 150.00 = appr. US$ 214.20 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 861F11
- Book number: 861F11
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