TYSZKIEWICZ Maryla - Bernardo Rossellino. Florence 1928 [Oficyna Tyszkiewiczów]. 4, pp. [4], 141, [2], plates 32 (light prints). Opr. pperg. decor.
Stamperia 1/3. xeroxed boards, minor staining of extreme pages, otherwise good condition. Published 125 copies, this one No. LXXXIV - one of 25 with green illumination (title page, initials, names of source documents at the end). Printed on "smooth rag handmade paper from Pescia - Val di Nievole", no signature of the author under the colophon. Title page decorated with a woodcut printing signet of Maryla and Samuel Tyszkiewicz, designed by Maryla Tyszkiewicz after the signs of the old printers. The first book publication of the Florence Officina. Includes a printed dedication by the author: "To my parents, who patiently and lovingly paved the way for me towards beauty, I dedicate these Florentine tales". The book illustrated with light prints of photographs.
B. Rossellino (1409-1464) - Italian sculptor and architect, representative of the quattrocento, active in Florence and Rome.
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