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BODONI.- RENOUARD.- HANDWERCK, J.G.- A.L.S.- 1798 - Autograph letter opening top left 'Paris, Le Citoyen Renouard l'ainé', top right: 'Parme ce / le 14 Aout 1798'. Signed 'Jean George Handwerck'. The recipient is the famous French bibliographer, bibliophile and collector A.A. Renouard. In the well written letter Handwerck, Director of the l'imprimerie Royale, mentions a number of Bodoni editions, recently produced and / or in the process of printing: 'Je viens de faire une très belle edition de Boethius Consolatione Philosophiae in grand in 4to et in 4o piccolo. cette edition dont on n'a tiré que 300 exemplaires [4to] e 200 in [4to piccolo] est LA PLUS BELLE DE TOUS LES OUVRAGES sortis des presses de cette imprimerie... J'imprime actuellement la traduction italienne de Varchi de cet ouvrage... J'ai réimprimé Characterum Ethicorum Theophrasti Eresii Capita Amadutia 1. volume in 4o... '. He sends 'Le Baptisterre' [Christening gift?] from his friend Feneulle to Citoyen Regnault. The Cossali arithmetica not printed yet.
Parma, autograph, 1798. 4to. 1 sheet recto w. text and remains of red lacquer seal, verso w. address and postal markings in ink. [Meas. appr. 19.7 x 24. 2 cm]. Folded once into letter format of 8.7 x 10.7 cm. Some damage to righthand corner w. loss of a few letters, due to opening of seal. 24 lines of text in a fine, legible hand. Verso w. small collectors mark 'HLsrköln' [Heinrich Kaspar Lempertz Sr., see Lugt Marques des Collections, vol. I, item 1337; At least 11 auctions between 1905 and 1910; Associate and successor of the imprimerie-librairie Heberle in Cologne.). (Recto lower left 2 lines in different hand, probably Renouard's, '3 horaces in 8o de quoi completer un aldin [?] Gr. ... [?] (4to?]. Giambattista Bodoni [1740 - 1830], typographer, type designer, compositor, printer & founder of the world renowned printing & publishing house Bodoni in Parma. His type face designs and his compositor's work, reached an unrivalled degree of perfection, to some even to the point of mechanical perfection, resulting in a sterile and cold appearance. This letter written in autograph by J. George Handwerck, Bodoni's right hand man, Director of the firm & most important contributor to the business. See: Valerie Lester, Giambattista Bodoni: his life and his world [Jaffrey, Godine, 2015], esp. 'A letter from Jean George Handwerck', p. 149: See also: John Henry Nash, 'Giambattista Bodoni of Parma [2018], Pedro M. Catedra, G.B.Bodoni [2013], ...: WEISS, Katalog 11, [München, 1926], booksellers catalogue w. 546 Bodoni items 1769 - 1813, the books mentioned in the letter to Renouard being items, 308, 309, 88 [Originally 1787, reprinted 1798] : On A.A. Renouard [1765 - 1853], famous librarian, researcher and bibliographer. Antoine Augustin Renouard is best known for his [still valuable] works 'Catalogue d'un bibliothèque d'un amateur' [1819], his important work on the publications of the Aldine Press 'Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde' [1803 - 1812; 1825, and Idem his description of the works printed by Estienne 'Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne' [1837, 1843]: H.C.Brooks, 'Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane' [Firenze, 1927; reprint Martino ca. 1994 and 2004], item 724 for the Boethius; .... The 'Citoyen Regnault', an acquaintance of Renouard, is probably Jean - Baptiste Regnault [1754 - 1829] painter and engraver, see Thieme-Becker, vol. XVIII, p. 87. On Feneulle, Handwerck's friend, no further information.
EUR 1250.00 [Appr.: US$ 1350.82 | £UK 1057 | JP¥ 212207] Booknumber: 10250
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