LIVY; RAFFAELE SCORZELLI [ILLUSTRATOR]; GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG [PRINTER],.
The History of Early Rome.
"Perhaps our best view of ancient Rome": The Limited Editions Club Edition of Titus Livius' The History of Early Rome; Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe and signed by illustrator Raffaele Scorzelli and printer Giovanni Mardersteig
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1970.
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Livy’s classic Roman History. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and folding map. Boldly signed by illustrator Raffaele Scorzelli and printer Giovanni Mardersteig of Verona at the Officina Bodoni on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt. Illustrated by Raffaele Scorzelli.
With stylistic brilliance and historical imagination, the first five books of Livy's monumental history of Rome record events from the foundation of Rome through the history of the seven kings, the establishment of the Republic and its internal struggles, up to Rome's recovery after the fierce Gallic invasion of the fourth century B.C. Livy vividly depicts the great characters, legends, and tales, including the story of Romulus and Remus.
The History of Early Rome.
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