DIAMOND CLASSIC

(Libri in miniatura) Famosa collezione pubblicata a Londra da William PICKERING dal 1820 al 1828.
DISPONIBILI: CATULLUS, CARMINA. LONDINI, 1824. CICERO, DE OFFICIS, DE SENECTUTE ET DE AMICIZIA. 1821. NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRAECUM. 1828. PETRARCA. LE RIME. 1822. SHAKESPEARE. THE PLAYS. IN NINE VOLUMES. 1825. COME IN QUASI TUTTI GLI ESEMPLARI MANCANO LE TAVOLE. TERENTIUS. COMOEDIAE. 1823 WALTON. THE LIVES OF DONNE, WOTTON, ETC. 1827. WALTON & COTTON. THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 1825. VOLUMETTI IN 48° (CA. CM. 8, 5-9, 5 X 5) IN BR., CARATTERI MICROSCOPICI, TIMBRO DI COLLEZIONE PRIVATA IN CIASCUNO. << THEIR MINIATURE CHARACTER IS UNMISTAKABLE, THEY ARE PRINTED IN SMALL OR EVEN TINY TYPE AND THEIR ENTIRE CONCEPTION IS FIRMLY BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF MINIATURISATION. DUE TO THE GREAT EDITORIAL CARE AND THE SUPERB PRINTING AND BINDING WHICH WENT INTO THEIR MANUFACTURE, COMBINED WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR CONTENTS, THESE LITTLE VOLUMES ARE NOW VERY EAGERLY COLLECTED BY MANY MINIBIBLIOPHILES, AND EVEN MORE GENERALLY BY LOVERS OF FINELY PRODUCED BOOKS. >> (BONDY, MINIATURE BOOKS, PP. 83-86). VOLUMI IN-48°, LEGATURA ORIGINALE IN TELA ROSSO- BRUNA. TIMBRO DI COLLEZIONE PRIVATA IN CIASCUNO. CARTA CON LIEVI, USUALI INGIALLITURE DEL TEMPO. EDIZIONI MOLTO RARE E RICERCATE.